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balls

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
bɔːlz

Definitions

  1. Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
  2. A surname.
  3. plural of ball
  4. The testicles.
  5. The testicles
  6. Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.
  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

21 more languages
العربيةالكرات
BosanskiGotjajamudotokмудо
Catalàcollonsous
עבריתביצים
HrvatskiGotjajamudotokмудо
Magyartok
Italianopalle
日本語急所
ქართულიტრაკი
한국어불알
Kurdîgangottok
Nederlandsballenkloten
Polskijajajajo
Portuguêscolhões
СрпскиGotjajamudotokмудо
Svenskastake
Türkçegöt
Українськаяйце
Tiếng Việtgan

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!”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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