balls

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔːlz/

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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
• have someone by the 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) (archídia) 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

• Catalan: ous (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有種 (cmn), 有种 (cmn) (yǒuzhǒng)

• Dutch: ballen (nl), kloten (nl)
• Finnish: muna (fi) (in the idiom "olla munaa"), kantti (fi)
• French: couilles (fr) f pl
• Greek: αρχίδια (el) (archídia) n pl (archídia)

• Hebrew: ביצים (he) (betzim) m 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

Verb

balls

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ball.

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)