Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Vulgar Slang Very tough and courageous, often recklessly or presumptuously so.
Wiktionary
- adj. vulgar, slang Tough and courageous; having balls.
Examples
“I’d almost call it ballsy if the ABC execs didn’t just blindly lap it up as a self-contained storyline with lots of skin, lots of needless re-capping of main story arc points, and (gulp!) a treasure … which you know they did.”
“When was the last time a Dem candidate was referred to as ballsy?”
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“The festival also gives prizes to to those who have made the news for being "ballsy".”
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“Did living so long in a masculine-dominated household help give rise to your blogging persona, which is far more 'ballsy' than most female bloggers?”
“Right now we need some 'ballsy' fiscal actions, not mucking about round the edges.”
“But all of these "truth-telling," "ground-breaking," "ballsy," so-called rebels, however much they might now tiptoe around "the N word," tiptoe more around words hat would be really dangerous to use, especially in self-examination: The R word: Racist.”
“Or buy your paramour God of War , which Todd calls "ballsy," the first game Sony developed and published that has nudity.”
“Norah Jones has said that she considers herself to be a "ballsy" personality.”
“The Hairspray actor had previously been linked to Daniel Radcliffe's role in admitted that he was not "ballsy" enough to appear on stage nude at the time.”
“The Evening Standard called him "ballsy," recalling his unsuccessful quest for”
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Words describing singing voices
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good,everyday use
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working list
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