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Balls

//bɔːlz// adv, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Very. Intensifier. not-comparable, slang

    "It is balls cold out there."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of ball form-of, plural

    "Can you believe he can juggle six balls at once?"

  2. 2
    Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness. colloquial, plural, plural-only, uncountable, vulgar

    "Douglas: You've got spunk. And balls. And I like that in a woman."

  3. 3
    The testicles. colloquial, vulgar

    "After that shot, his balls were really hurting!"

  4. 4
    Synonym of bollocks, nonsense. Commonwealth, Hawaii, Ireland, UK, colloquial, plural, plural-only, uncountable, vulgar

    "That's a load of balls."

  5. 5
    A balls-up; a botched job. Commonwealth, Hawaii, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only, vulgar

    "Don't make a balls of it!"

Verb
  1. 1
    Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something) transitive, vulgar

    "You're going up to the front door of that mansion and ballsing your way inside."

  2. 2
    third-person singular simple present indicative of ball form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
  3. 3
    To engage in sexual intercourse. slang, vulgar

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