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Meanings of ball boy in English

Portuguese
apanha-bolas
Spanish
recogepelotas
f. ball girl

In tennis.

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        Examples for "tennis ball boys and girls"
        Examples for "tennis ball boys and girls"
        1
        But remember these ball boys are being taught by their home teams obviously.
        The South African
        2
        Wimbledon ball boys and ball girls have cornered the market in stoic roboticism.
        Wired
        3
        The ball boys don't like him, but they say Roddick is very nice to them.
        The Guardian
        4
        And I guess this photo means we're free of the oval ball boys again for a while.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The whole team on court; the line judges and ball boys and girls all did an excellent job.
        The Guardian
        1
        Wimbledon ball boys and ball girls have cornered the market in stoic roboticism.
        Wired
        2
        As her game disintegrated Schiavone, who made 38 unforced errors, lost her temper with the umpire, the ball girls and her coach.
        The Guardian
        3
        In the warm-up she missed two shots altogether and could not even catch the balls thrown to her by the ball girls.
        The Guardian
        4
        When they stand and make their way, Cazorla stops to pose for photographs with the ball girls, youngsters who play for Canet Roussillon.
        The Guardian
        5
        And if we see any particularly gorgeous ball girls (or boys, let's not discriminate) we shall be sure to sound the alarm.
        The Guardian
        Usage of ball boy in English
        1
        Before that, I'd been a ball boy, and had enjoyed that responsibility.
        The Guardian
        2
        It could be an errant pigeon or a ball boy's mistake.
        The Guardian
        3
        The ball boy obliges with another, and Isner hits an ace with it.
        The Guardian
        4
        Mr Boyce began his association with Cliftonville as a ball boy at the age of six.
        The Irish Times
        5
        In the meantime Daniel McGrath has a complaint regarding the expectations placed on the modern ball boy.
        The Guardian
        6
        The 33-year-old American's composure wasn't helped by a delay caused by a ball boy slipping and falling.
        The South African
        7
        In Melbourne, a tennis player and a ball boy at the Australian Open collapsed in the heat.
        BBC
        8
        Diouf is being investigated by Merseyside Police for alleged racial abuse of a 14-year-old ball boy at the match.
        The Irish Times
        9
        He snatched the ball from the ball boy's hands and confronted the umpire, yelling: "look at it".
        The South African
        10
        You want the ball boy to give you the ball, but there are still things you can never do.
        The Guardian
        11
        He hugged a ball boy.
        The Irish Times
        12
        Nadal was criticised by some last week when footage emerged of him giving a ball boy a piece of litter.
        The Guardian
        13
        It was a display of garbage on Wimbledon's Court One, thanks to two-time champion Rafa Nadal and one unfortunate ball boy.
        The South African
        14
        Watch: Nadal rallies with ball boy at French Open It's not the first ballkid to be starstruck at this year's French Open.
        The South African
        15
        Soccer:The English Football Association is weighing up whether to take further action against Chelsea's Eden Hazard for kicking a Swansea ball boy.
        The Irish Times
        16
        Djokovic made a series of faces at the camera before inviting a ball boy to share his seat, and a soft drink.
        Reuters
        Translations for ball boy
        Portuguese
        apanha-bolas