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Meanings of ball girl in English

Portuguese
apanha-bolas
Spanish
recogepelotas

Individuals, usually youths, who retrieve and supply balls for players or officials in sports.

        Related terms
        apanha-bolas
        Usage of ball girl in English
        1
        You can rotate in or be the ball girl.
        The wildwater walking club
        2
        A 15-year-old ball girl has stolen the limelight at Wimbledon all because of one wayward shot.
        Radio NZ
        3
        I'm betting the ball girl is saying much the same thing to her friends, right this second.
        The Guardian
        4
        Newton's involvement with rugby began at an early age and she was a ball girl for the Pride.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Michael Llodra was forced to quit his second-round match against Tommy Haas after a heavy collision with a ball girl.
        The Guardian
        6
        Spain's Rafael Nadal passes a ball girl his head band after winning the second round match against Argentina's Federico Delbonis.
        Reuters
        7
        First there was the thing with Tim Henman hitting a ball girl a couple of days earlier, which was just a totally freak occurrence.
        The Guardian
        8
        But those statistics are unlikely to unnerve former ball girl Rogers, who just plans to keep on enjoying herself for as long as she can.
        Reuters
        9
        Wimbledon ball boys and ball girls have cornered the market in stoic roboticism.
        Wired
        10
        As her game disintegrated Schiavone, who made 38 unforced errors, lost her temper with the umpire, the ball girls and her coach.
        The Guardian
        11
        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
        12
        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
        13
        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
        Translations for ball girl
        Portuguese
        apanha-bolas