Pronunciations (3)
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/bɔːlz/
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/baːlz/
Pronunciation notes
- Northumbria
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/bɑlz/
Pronunciation notes
- cot-caught-merger
Noun
The testicles.
Usage- Colloquial
- Vulgar
- Examples
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After that shot, his balls were really hurting!
Noun
Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
Usage- Colloquial
- plural
- Plural only
- Uncountable
- Vulgar
- Examples
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Near-synonyms: guts; see also Thesaurus:courage
He must have a lot of balls to talk to his boss that way.
More examples (5)
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"
Douglas: You've got spunk. And balls. And I like that in a woman.
Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.
Usage- Commonwealth usage
- Hawaii
- Ireland
- UK usage
- Colloquial
- plural
- Plural only
- Uncountable
- Vulgar
- Examples
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That's a load of balls.
A balls-up; a botched job.
Usage- Commonwealth usage
- Hawaii
- Ireland
- UK usage
- plural
- Plural only
- Vulgar
- Examples
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Don't make a balls of it!
Verb
Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)
Usage- Transitive
- Vulgar
- Examples
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You're going up to the front door of that mansion and ballsing your way inside.
The poor fuck is broken-hearted, and he thinks he is ballsing it out really well, but he isn't.
More examples (1)
He was ballsing his way through the conversation. For the first time, I caught a glimpse of something vulnerable behind the usual brashness.
To engage in sexual intercourse.
Usage- Slang
- Vulgar
Adverb
Very. Intensifier.
Usage- not-comparable
- Slang
- Examples
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It is balls cold out there.