Definitions
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- n. Plural form of ball.
- n. The testicles.
- n. Bravery, courage, chutzpah, or brazenness.
- n. Rubbish, nonsense.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ball.
- adv. Very. Intensifier.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- interj. nonsense.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now, a history lesson's useful enough if you're unfamiliar with the toxic atmosphere in Washington DC as the civil war ended, or if you go along with the story's foreshadowing of contemporary issues like military tribunals at Guantánamo Bay and the poisoned American polity of then and now, but as drama it entirely lacks a pulse or a soul or any of the qualities that we commonly associate with the term "balls".
The Conspirator proves that Robert Redford should stick to Sundance
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And yeh, who would trust you around a young girl, good heavens she may learn things like strength and independence and brains and pardon the term balls
Lesbian vampire girls in corsets suck face, blood, hickeys and drinks
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“No one has the balls to talk about it, and I want to be that person,” she explained, the word balls sounding out of place in her sweet-as-pie accent.
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Nowadays the lads and lasses go to what they call "balls" at some schoolroom, but they pay a shilling or so for their tickets and the affair is either someone's private "spec" or got up for a brass band or football club, and parties come from the neighbouring parishes.
From the archive, 26 December 1903: A farmer's Christmas in the Dales
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(A kick in the balls or arse would constitute this, and a kick in the balls is a well trodden part of humour) worth reading • Nora O'Neill at Bookshop Blog suggests using twitter to promote your bookstore.
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An important thing to remember when rolling the dough into balls is to not use too much force or 'smush' the dough unnecessarily.
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“This kind of balls is why everyone turning against the Police.”
Policeman killed - NO STORY. Woman slapped - BIG STORY. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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This kind of balls is why everyone turning against the Police.
Policeman killed - NO STORY. Woman slapped - BIG STORY. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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About the ricochet issue, the sabots are far less likely to cause problems than the punkin balls!
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When I shot smooth bore I just had to try different punkin balls {I call em} in everytime I switched Shotguns.
arby commented on the word balls
I had a babysitter who used to use this word as an exclamation to mean "nonsense!"
May 15, 2007