NOUN | cognition | hardball | a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics |
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act | hardball | baseball as distinguished from softball |
Sounds | hhaa'rdbao.l | |
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Rhymes | albuterol ... windfall: 100 rhymes with aol... |
Meaning | A no-nonsense attitude in business or politics. | |
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Example | "they play hardball in the Senate" | |
Broader | attitude, mental attitude | A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways / ways |
Meaning | baseball as distinguished from softball. | |
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Broader | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
Opposite | softball, softball game | A game / game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond / diamond and with a ball that is larger / larger and softer |
Spanish | hardball |
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