ball boy

ball boy

See also: ballboy

English

A ball boy and ball girl during the tennis at the 2012 Olympics

Alternative forms

• ballboy

Noun

ball boy (plural ball boys)

1. (sports) A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.

Related terms

• ball girl
• ball kid

Translations

A male person responsible for retrieving balls

Catalan: aplegapilotes (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 球童 (zh) (qiútóng) Danish: bolddreng c Dutch: ballenjongen (nl) m Finnish: pallopoika French: ramasseur (fr) m German: Balljunge (de) m Hungarian: labdaszedő (hu), labdaszedő fiú Italian: raccattapalle Japanese: ボールパーソン (bōrupāson) Norwegian: Bokmål: ballgutt m Nynorsk: ballgut m Polish: chłopiec do piłek (pl) m Portuguese: boleiro m, gandula (pt) Russian: болбо́й (ru) m (bolbój) Spanish: recogepelotas (es) m or f, recogebolas m or f Swedish: bollkalle (sv) c, bollpojke c (especially in tennis)