Ball
Ball verb - To form into a round compact mass.
Usage example: balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can
Smooth
Smooth verb - To free from obstruction or difficulty.
Both words in one sentence
- She also overloads on the base ingredients for her dishes, which combined with the above results in a perfectly smooth rice ball dense enough to crack the floor.
Source: Lethal Chef / Anime and Manga -
In order to keep the ball's surface from appearing too faceted (like a jewel), a smooth gradient can be applied, averaging the brightness from each of its polygon's corners to the other (a technique known as Gouraud shading).
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The video for Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" has a bunch of gangsters paying pool in the back of the bar, before being interrupted by Jackson snatching up the cue ball and crushing it in his bare hand.
Source: Bad Guys Play Pool
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