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balls en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Texas, US) audio
  • /bɔːlz/
  • /bɑlz/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio Connecticut
  • (US) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /baːlz/ (Northumbria)

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, slang) Very. Intensifier.
    • It is balls cold out there.

Translations (5)

fi helvetin (intensifier: very) · hu tök (intensifier: very) · fr putain de (intensifier: very) · fi vitun (intensifier: very) · fi helkkarin (intensifier: very)

balls en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Texas, US) audio
  • /bɔːlz/
  • /bɑlz/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio Connecticut
  • (US) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /baːlz/ (Northumbria)

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-only, uncountable, vulgar) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
    • Near-synonyms: guts; see also Thesaurus:courage
    • Douglas: You've got spunk. And balls. And I like that in a woman. 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6
    • Balls is all that it takes to succeed.
    • He's the guy with the big balls in that group.
    • “Balls, gentlemen, balls is what you need to win at this game" 2006, Leonardo Padura, Havana Blue, page 137:
    • Balls is all it takes to handle these people 1960, Carlos Fuentes, Sam Hileman, Where the Air is Clear, page 80:
    • He must have a lot of balls to talk to his boss that way.
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of ball
    form of ball
    • Can you believe he can juggle six balls at once?
    • W. S. Gilbert, HMS Pinafore When the balls whistle free o'er the bright blue sea / We stand to our guns all day.
  3. (Commonwealth, Hawaii, Ireland, UK, colloquial, plural, plural-only, uncountable, vulgar) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.
    • That's a load of balls.
  4. (colloquial, vulgar) The testicles.
    • After that shot, his balls were really hurting!
  5. (Commonwealth, Hawaii, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only, vulgar) A balls-up; a botched job.
    • Don't make a balls of it!

Deriveds

cramp balls · Colemanballs · bust one's balls · ballsy · grab life by the balls · barse · nutballs · drag one's balls across · amazeballs · blue balls · bust someone's balls · Billy Big Balls · have someone by the balls · dogballs

Synonyms

stones · eggs · yarbles · apples · marbles · daring · bangers · guts · bollocks · potatoes · courageousness · yams · cullions · ovaries · guts · crown jewels · grit · store · coin purse · klackers · ballocks · braveness · chuckles · valour · gooseberries · nards · profiteroles · testes · spunk · nuts · bags · bannocks · beans · mood · watermelons · goolies · lamb fries · balls · swingers · agates · testicles · nads (UK · bield · stones · gonads · courage · taters · heart · baws · steel · spuds · intrepidity · US) · love spuds · tests · fearlessness · sweetmeats · pecker · stepchildren · boys · bravehood · pluck · valor · intrepidness · boldness · pods · nerve · bean bags · boldhead · clockweights · apricots · pebbles · audacity · nonsense · acorns · nadgers · jawbreakers · twins · bolls · plums · knackers · loins · bubbles · cods · huevos · balls · berries · orchis · cherries · Jacobs · undauntedness · teabags · cobblers · cojones · Jatz crackers · chicken nuggets · bravery · giggle berries · rocks · bollocks · family jewels · cubes

Translations (105)

hu tökös (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · fr valseuses (slang for testicles) · sl jajca (slang for testicles) · sh jaja (slang for testicles) · da nosser (slang for testicles) · nl ballen (slang for testicles) · pt bolas (slang for testicles) · rup coalji (slang for testicles) · ca collons (slang for testicles) · it palle (slang for testicles) · tr taşak (slang for testicles) · ru муде́ (slang for testicles) · gl collóns (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · ro ouă (slang for testicles) · ka ყვერები (slang for testicles) · hy պլոր (slang for testicles) · yue 春子 (slang for testicles) · pt colhões (slang for testicles) · hy ձվեր (slang for testicles) · gl collóns (slang for testicles) · he ביצים (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · eo kojonoj (slang for testicles) · es huevos (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · ast güevos (slang for testicles) · nl kloten (slang for testicles) · el αρχίδια (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · es pelotas (slang for testicles) · ka კვაჯები (slang for testicles) · fi pallit (slang for testicles) · fi kassit (slang for testicles) · ka ტრაკი (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · fr roustons (slang for testicles) · ia coleones (slang for testicles) · cs koule (slang for testicles) · ro pulă în pantaloni (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · it balle (slang for testicles) · lv olas (slang for testicles) · pt saco (slang for testicles) · es cojones (slang for testicles) · pl jaja (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · ro boașe (slang for testicles) · yue 波珠 (slang for testicles) · pa ٹَٹّا (slang for testicles) · bg ташаци (slang for testicles) · ka ყოყორები (slang for testicles) · de Eier (slang for testicles) · jv konthol (slang for testicles) · id peler (slang for testicles) · nl ballen (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · sv stake (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · fi kantti (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · de Mut (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · pl jaja (slang for testicles) · fr burnes (slang for testicles) · es bolas (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · sk gule (slang for testicles) · es huevos (slang for testicles) · ca ous (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · id biji peler (slang for testicles) · et munad (slang for testicles) · de Arsch in der Hose (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · he ביצים (slang for testicles) · el αρχίδια (slang for testicles) · la cōleī (slang for testicles) · tl betlog (slang for testicles) · ro coaie (slang for testicles) · es bolas (slang for testicles) · fa خایه (slang for testicles) · de Klöten (slang for testicles) · ru я́йца (slang for testicles) · nl kloten (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · sq koqe (slang for testicles) · pa ٹَٹّے (slang for testicles) · yi אייער (slang for testicles) · hu tök (slang for testicles) · fr couilles (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · rup boashi (slang for testicles) · sh muda (slang for testicles) · ca collons (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · fr balloches (slang for testicles) · yue 波子 (slang for testicles) · ro sânge în coaie (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · lv pauti (slang for testicles) · es pelotas (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · it palle (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · fi muna (in the idiom "olla munaa") (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · id biji salak (slang for testicles) · ja 金玉 (slang for testicles) · az daşşaq (slang for testicles) · bn বীচি (slang for testicles) · cmn 蛋蛋 (slang for testicles) · lt kiaušai (slang for testicles) · fr couilles (slang for testicles) · ia coleones (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · pt colhões (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · bg топки (slang for testicles) · de Mumm (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · ka ტრაკის ქონა (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · it coglioni (slang for testicles) · es cojones (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · ro cur în pantaloni (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · cmn 有種 /有种 (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will) · fi munat (slang for testicles) · it testicoli (slang for testicles) · bg дупе (slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will)

balls en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Texas, US) audio
  • /bɔːlz/
  • /bɑlz/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio Connecticut
  • (US) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /baːlz/ (Northumbria)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of ball
    form of ball
  2. (transitive, vulgar) Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)
    • He was ballsing his way through the conversation. For the first time, I caught a glimpse of something vulnerable behind the usual brashness. 2014, Claire Farrell, Make You: Stake You #2:
    • You're going up to the front door of that mansion and ballsing your way inside. 1981, Tiny Boyles, Hank Nuwer, William Boyles, A Killing Trade, →ISBN, page 191:
    • The poor fuck is broken-hearted, and he thinks he is ballsing it out really well, but he isn't. 2009, Keith Brooke, The Accord, page 135:
  3. (slang, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ballsed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ballsed Tense=Past lexicographic
ballses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ballsing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

balls on · balls around · balls up · balls about