Similar words: hard by, birdbath, cardboard, oddball, handball, standard-bearer, hard, shard. Meaning: n. 1. a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics 2. baseball as distinguished from softball.
(31) Another problem is that banks are playing hardball with smaller companies.
More similar words: hard by, birdbath, cardboard, oddball, handball, standard-bearer, hard, shard, chard, hardy, harden, hard up, hardly, diehard, die hard, die-hard, hard hat, hardware, orchard, hardness, hard disk, hard core, hardline, pilchard, hardcore, blowhard, hardened, hard money, hardship, hard time.