no ball
noun Cricket.
an unfairly bowled ball.
Origin of no ball
First recorded in 1740–50
Words nearby no ball
nne,
nnp,
nnw,
no,
no accounting for tastes, there's,
no ball,
no bill,
no buts,
no call for,
no can do,
no contest
Example sentences from the Web for no-ball
If we are to be in the swim we shall have to reconsider our no-ball rule.
Why not make it a no-ball every time unless the bowler has both feet in the air at the moment when the ball leaves his hand?
I suppose I must have explained a stymie or a no-ball very cleverly once.
The batsman may be “run out” in attempting a run off a “no-ball,” but cannot be put out off it in any other way.
British Dictionary definitions for no-ball
no-ball
noun
cricket
an illegal ball, as for overstepping the crease, throwing, etc, for which the batting side scores a run, and from which the batsman can be out only by being run out
rounders
an illegal ball, esp one bowled too high or too low
sentence substitute
cricket rounders
a call by the umpire indicating a no-ball
verb
(tr) cricket (of an umpire)
- to declare (a bowler) to have bowled a no-ball
- to declare (a delivery) to be a no-ball