Meaning of balls | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
   colloquial, plural, plural-only, uncountable, vulgar
2. A surname.
3. plural of ball
4. The testicles.
   colloquial, vulgar
5. The testicles
6. Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.
   Commonwealth, Hawaii, Ireland, UK, colloquial, plural, plural-only, uncountable, vulgar
7. Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness
8. A balls-up; a botched job.
   Commonwealth, Hawaii, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only, vulgar
9. Synonym of bollocks, nonsense
10. A balls-up; a botched job

Equivalents

Examples

“Can you believe⟳ he can juggle six balls at once?”

“W. S. Gilbert, HMS Pinafore When the balls whistle free o'er the bright blue sea / We stand⟳ to our guns all day.”

“After that shot, his balls were really hurting!”

“Douglas: You've got spunk. And balls. And I like⟳ that in a woman.”

“He must have⟳ a lot of balls to talk⟳ to his boss that way.”

“He's the guy with the big balls in that group.”

“Balls is all that it takes to succeed⟳.”

“Balls is all it takes to handle⟳ these people”

““Balls, gentlemen, balls is what you need⟳ to win⟳ at this game"”

“That's a load⟳ of balls.”

“Don't make⟳ a balls of it!”

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