Dictionary

ball-less en · ADJ

Etymology

From ball + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, qualifier:literal or figurative, slang) Without balls (testicles).
2. (not-comparable) Without a ball (object used for playing games).
   • ‘But the strokes and the movements on the court have all been so clearly visible that the absence of the ball has hardly seemed to trouble the viewers.’ Those of us born too late to enjoy this ball-less tennis had to wait until 1966 for Michelangelo Antonioni to recreate the surreal experience in his film Blow Up. 2012, Martin Kelner, Sit Down and Cheer: A History of Sport on TV, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2013, →ISBN, page 31:

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Synonyms

testicleless