freeball meaning (slang): definition, etymology and quotations

freeball

verb

Etymology From free + ball. See ball (“testicle”).

Slang To not wear underpants beneath one's outer clothing.

And when you freeball in fatigues you're a walking hard-on anyway […]1995, Steven Zeeland, in some book or something
I had run out of clean underwear on a road trip, and I had heard rumors about the pleasures associated with freeballing, and so I made the decision and […]2003, Christian Fletcher, in another book

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[…] has thrown away dozens of pairs of underwear throughout his life, having to freeball the rest of the day.2004, Michael Ryan, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

noun

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Volleyball A ball that has been hit from below the top of the net.

Just about every play in the game, service reception, general play and freeball, involves the use of the front A and/or back A, although they are not always set.1981, National Volleyball Coaches Association Technical Journal:
Areas of emphasis can be: team blocking, serve reception, attack combinations, freeball execution, and spiker coverage.1985, Bob Bertucci Tina Kogut Bertucci, Ralph Hippolyte, Championship Volleyball Drills: Combination and complex training, page 99:

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By serving tough, using effective downball placement, not giving easy freeballs and simply attacking smartly and in a tough manner.1998, The American Volleyball Coaches Association, Coaching Volleyball, page 34:

Broadcasting, Media, Television A show that is developed by the station without participation by the network.

But the freeballs it has done on its own, Farmer's Daughter, Hazel, Bewitched, have proven the gambit.1965, Television - Volume 22, page 74:
Then there was no dearth of venture capital to provide freeball pilots for the market.1970, Federal Communications Commission Reports:

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At this time virtually no active producers go so far as to commission a "freeball" script without prior consultation with the network.1984, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance, page 138:

verb

To improvise; to act without a set plan.

"Strap in," he said, sternly. "My bird, my rules. No one freeballs it when I'm doing the flying."2003, JJ Christopher, The Wolf Boys' Club:
'For the designs, I just freeball it. I have a strategy where I try to keep the same gaze, but I like those that are flipped, such as when I put my head sideways'.2016 January 11, Kiri Blakeley, “Give him props! Talented props designer creates astonishing new masks every day - with nothing but items like tacks, elastic bands and panty hose”, in Daily Mail:

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I’m still going to change it when I say it and I’ll often kind of freeball, as we say, how it transitions from moment to moment, because we don’t have to write it conversationally.2017 September 13, Brian Steinberg, “Stephen Colbert Q&A: Despite Politics, 'Late Show' Host Just Wants to Make Audiences Laugh”, in Variety:
When Capital XTRA tried to find out what his next designs would be, Malone confessed, "I don't know. I just kind of freeball it."2019 November 27, Barbara Pavone, “Every Post Malone face tattoo explained”, in Nicki Swift:

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Volleyball To make a freeball shot.

But we can't just freeball it to them because they will kill it right back at you.2017 September 6, Josh Seguin, “Hodsdon nets 500th career kill as STA sweeps Hilltoppers”, in Seacoastonline:

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