balls

English

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• Rhymes: -ɔːlz

Noun

balls plural

1. Plural form of ball.

   Can you believe he can juggle six balls at once?

2. (slang) The testicles.

   Dude, he got hit in the balls!

3. (slang) Bravery, courage, chutzpah, or brazenness.

   He must have a lot of balls to talk to his boss that way.

4. (UK, slang) Rubbish, nonsense.

   That's a load of balls.

Derived terms

• ballsy
• bust one's balls
• bust someone's balls

Translations

follow the translations in the entry "ball" — see ball

testicles

Bengali: বীচি (bn) (bici) Bulgarian: топки (bg) (topki) f. pl. Chinese: Cantonese: trad. and simpl. 波子 (jyutping: bo1 zi2), (vulgar) trad. and simpl. 春子 (jyutping: ceon1 zi2), trad. and simpl. 波珠 (jyutping: bo1 zyu1) Esperanto: kojonoj (eo) Finnish: pallit (fi) pl. French: couilles (fr) f. pl. German: Eier (de) pl. Greek: αρχίδια (el) n. pl. (archídia) Hebrew: ביצים (he) (betzim) pl.

Italian: balle (it) f. pl., palle (it) f. pl. Japanese: 金玉 (ja) (kintama) Lithuanian: kiaušai (lt) m. pl. Persian: بيضه (fa), خايه (fa) Polish: jaja (pl) pl. Romanian: boașe (ro) n. pl., coaie (ro) n. pl., ouă (ro) n. pl. Russian: яйца (ru) (jájca) n. pl. Slovene: jajca (sl) n. pl. Spanish: huevos (es) m. pl., pelotas (es) f. pl.

bravery

Chinese: Mandarin: 有種 (cmn), 有种 (cmn) (yǒuzhǒng) Finnish: muna (fi) (in the idiom "olla munaa"), kantti (fi) French: couilles (fr) f. pl. Greek: αρχίδια (el) n. pl. (archídia)

Hebrew: ביצים (he) (betzim) pl. Hungarian: tökös (hu) Polish: jaja (pl) pl. Spanish: huevos (es) m. pl.

rubbish

Finnish: moska (fi) French: conneries (fr) f. pl.

Italian: balle (it) f. pl.

Adverb

balls (not comparable)

1. (slang) Very. Intensifier.

   It is balls cold out there.

Translations

Intensifier : very

Finnish: vitun (fi), helvetin (fi), helkkarin (fi)

French: putain de (fr)