# meatball

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,190

## Definitions
1. A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.
2. A stupid person; a meathead.
3. An easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.
4. An optical landing system.
5. A menu icon of three horizontal dots.
6. Ellipsis of meatball flag.

## Etymology
From meat + ball.

## Common misspellings (10)
`ematball`, `maetball`, `meabtall`, `meatabll`, `meatbal`, `meatbball`, `meatblal`, `meattball`, `metaball`, `mmeatball`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/meatball