1. Ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
   "He added meatballs to his spaghetti sauce"
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] A person who evokes boredom
   "He was such a meatball that no one wanted to sit next to him at dinner";
   - bore, dullard
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] A person who is not very bright
   "He felt like a meatball after failing to understand the simple instructions";
   - stupid [informal], stupid person, stupe [N. Amer, informal], dullard, dolt [informal], pudding head [informal], pudden-head [US, informal], pillock [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: meatballs

See also: changeling [archaic], eejit [UK, Ireland, dialect], half-wit [informal], idiot, imbecile [informal], moron [informal], plank [Brit, informal], thickie [Brit, informal], thicko [informal]

Type of: disagreeable person, dish, simple [archaic], simpleton, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Meatball