HAVE A BALL Definition & Meaning

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have a ball

Enjoy oneself enormously, as in It was a great trip—I had a ball. This idiom uses the noun ball in the sense of “a gala dance.” [Slang; 1920s]

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“I just have a ball! It’s time I spend with myself, being creative,” he adds.

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“It’s nothing scandalous, but we’re having a ball with this. The media, their heads are exploding. ‘What is the secret?’”

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At that time, Greg Matus said his son was “obviously upset” and “disappointed that he had a ball in his hands and some guy took it away from him.”

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He had watched the 2013 Six Nations from his hospital bed and having a ball in his hands again instantly felt natural.

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The Democrats had a ball trolling Trump and reclaiming the nation for decency, democracy, and the American way.

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