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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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