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balls.

plural of ball

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɔːlz//baːlz/Northumbria/bɑlz/cot-caught-merger
  1. plural of ball

    form-of · plural
    Can you believe he can juggle six balls at once?
  2. The testicles.

    colloquial · vulgar
    After that shot, his balls were really hurting!
noun/bɔːlz//baːlz/Northumbria/bɑlz/cot-caught-merger
  1. Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

    colloquial · plural · plural-only · uncountable · vulgar
    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.
  2. Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.

    Commonwealth · Hawaii · Ireland · UK · colloquial · plural · plural-only · uncountable · vulgar
    That's a load of balls.
  3. A balls-up; a botched job.

    Commonwealth · Hawaii · Ireland · UK · plural · plural-only · vulgar
    Don't make a balls of it!
verb/bɔːlz//baːlz/Northumbria/bɑlz/cot-caught-merger
  1. Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)

    transitive · vulgar
  2. To engage in sexual intercourse.

    slang · vulgar
adv/bɔːlz//baːlz/Northumbria/bɑlz/cot-caught-merger
  1. Very. Intensifier.

    not-comparable · slang
    It is balls cold out there.
verb/bɔːlz//baːlz/Northumbria/bɑlz/cot-caught-merger
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ball

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
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