Definition of whole other ball games

whole other ball game

noun

something completely different
It's a whole 'nother ball game!

Last edited on Feb 13 2006. Submitted by Robbie G. from Stroud, Hampshire, UK on Feb 13 2006.

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Other terms relating to 'ball':
amaze-balls	Definitions include: "amazing".
as balls	Definitions include: very.
baby balls	Definitions include: shaved testicles.
ball	Definitions include: to be successful.
ball and chain	Definitions include: significant other.
ball bag	Definitions include: testicles.
ball-breaker	Definitions include: a demanding superior.
ball fro	Definitions include: pubic hair that is kept in a style that compares to a microphone head.
balling	Definitions include: See ball; baller
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
ball out	Definitions include: to leave.
ballpark figure	Definitions include: an estimate.
ball-park figure	Definitions include: a rough numerical estimate.
balls	Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
ball sack	Definitions include: the scrotum.
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Other terms relating to 'game':
A-game	Definitions include: a good performance.
Big Game, the	Definitions include: a particular important sporting event.
bored game	Definitions include: "board game".
boss game	Definitions include: boss game.
bring (one's) A game	Definitions include: to deliver a good performance ("A-game").
bugger that for a game of Soldiers	Definitions include: British expression meaning that the speaker doesn't want to do something.
charge it to the game	Definitions include: Too bad; there is nothing one can do; shortened - Charge it.
con	Definitions include: a swindle, scam.
game	Definitions include: the ability to attract members of the opposite sex.
game changer	Definitions include: something that radically changes a situation.
game on	Definitions include: interjection of encouragement.
game over	Definitions include: of no more value or no longer cool.
game pieces	Definitions include: Pot and anything needed to smoke it.
game plan	Definitions include: a plan.
game, the	Definitions include: the pursuit of money.
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Other terms relating to 'other':
bat for the other team	Definitions include: to be homosexual.
go in one ear and out the other	Definitions include: for something heard to not have any effect.
IOW	Definitions include: acronym for "in other words".
OPP	Definitions include: acronym for "other people's property".
other side of the coin	Definitions include: the opposing perspective.
other woman, the	Definitions include: a woman with whom one has an affair.
OTOH	Definitions include: acronym for "on the other hand".
pull the other one	Definitions include: an expression of disbelief.
see other people	Definitions include: to have date or sex with other people while in a relationship.
SO	Definitions include: acronym for "significant other".
SODDI	Definitions include: acronym for "some other dude did it".
stick (one's) nose in other people's business	Definitions include: to interject one's self into another person's affairs.
this, that, and the other	Definitions include: "et cetera," "and so on," "and so on and so forth," etc.
whole other ball of wax	Definitions include: an entirely different topic.
your other left	Definitions include: when a person confuses their right and left, used to mockingly inform them.
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Other terms relating to 'whole':
go whole hog	Definitions include: to perform with vigor.
*whole ss**	Definitions include: n. used to express complete disdain with someone who is more disdainful than the average asshole.
*whole-ssed**	Definitions include: Done to the nth degree; complete; full of good effort.
whole enchilada, the	Definitions include: the entirety of something.
whole kit and caboodle, the	Definitions include: the entirety.
whole nine yards, the	Definitions include: the entirety of something.
whole other ball of wax	Definitions include: an entirely different topic.
whole shebang, the	Definitions include: the entirety of something.

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