ballpark

noun

1. 1

   A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.

2. 2

   figurativeThe general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.

   Let’s get in the ballpark, then worry about the fine details.

   Some people say a lie is just a lie / But I say the cross is in the ballpark / Why deny the obvious, child?

   But touching his wife's feet and sticking your tongue in the holiest of holies ain't the same fucking ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fucking sport.

adjective

1. 1

   Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.

   These are ballpark prices: you could give or take a little either way.

verb

1. 1

   informalTo make a rough estimate of.

   If you don’t have the exact expense total, just ballpark it.

   Ballpark what you need in each category and average those amounts by 12 months.

Forms

plural

ballparks

past tense

ballparked

past participle

ballparked

present participle

ballparking

third person singular

ballparks