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Meaning of ballsy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈbɔlzi/

Definitions

Tough and courageous; having balls.

colloquial, vulgar

Equivalents

Français burne couillu
Italiano cazzuto
Türkçe taşaklı

Examples

“On a movie like this, I don’t mind doing [the scene] as written, but I do do a lot of improv. I’m sort of a rapid-fire ballsy talker, and so I bring that to the character whenever it’s appropriate to the scene. That never makes it in.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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