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Noun: hardball  'haa(r)d,bol
  1. A no-nonsense attitude in business or politics
    "they play hardball in the Senate"
     
  2. Baseball as distinguished from softball

Derived forms: hardballs

Type of: attitude, baseball, baseball game, mental attitude

Antonym: softball

Encyclopedia: Hardball

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hard to please
hard up
hard water
hard wheat
hard worker
hard-and-fast
hardback
hardbacked
hardbake
hard-baked
hardball
hard-bitten
hardboard
hard-boiled
hard-boiled egg
hardbound
hard-cooked egg
hardcore
hard-core
hardcover
harden