ballpark
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Is ballpark a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of ballpark?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.US
2. (US, figuratively) The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.Examples: "Let’s get in the ballpark, then worry about the fine details."; "Some people say a lie is just a lie / But I say the cross is in the ballpark / Why deny the obvious, child?"; "But touching his wife's feet and sticking your tongue in the holiest of holies ain't the same fucking ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fucking sport."USfiguratively
verb (English)
1. (transitive, informal) To make a rough estimate of.Examples: "If you don’t have the exact expense total, just ballpark it."; "Ballpark what you need in each category and average those amounts by 12 months."; "8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg science has deduced the following: that megalodon was the biggest and baddest of all sharks and, less cinematically, that it had a lower intestine not unlike that of some modern shark species. Scientists estimate its length at around 40 to 50 feet, Alten’s novel bumps it up to 65 feet, and the movie ballparks it at “75 to 90 feet.”"informaltransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary