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Meaning of ballsy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbɔlzi

Definitions

Tough and courageous; having balls.

colloquial, vulgar

Equivalents

Bosanski burne kòzāčkī kozački kozački
Català collonut
Español cojonudo corajudo
Français burne couillu
Hrvatski burne kozački kòzāčkī kozački
Italiano cazzuto
Polski kozacki
Română coios
Српски burne kòzāčkī kozački kozački
Türkçe taşaklı 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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