n. A little ball: in heraldry, a bearing in coats of arms, denominated, according to the color, bezants, plates, hurts, etc.n. A spectacular dance, more or less elaborate in steps, poses, and costumes, in which a number of performers, chiefly females, take part.n. A complete pantomime or theatrical representation, in which a story is told, and actions, characters, and passions are represented, by gestures and grouping, accompanied by characteristic or illustrative music, dancing, and often rich scenery and decorations.n. The corps of dancers who perform ballets.To express by dancing or in a ballet.An obsolete form of ballad.n. The music to which a ballet is danced.n. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, especially in England, a light glee-like madrigal or part-song, often with a fa-la burden. See fa-la.n. In the eighteenth century, a series of instrumental dances properly in the same key and usually for stringed instruments; a suite (which see).