Ballsy

//ˈbɔlzi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tough and courageous; having balls. colloquial, vulgar

    "On a movie like this, I don’t mind doing [the scene] as written, but I do do a lot of improv. I’m sort of a rapid-fire ballsy talker, and so I bring that to the character whenever it’s appropriate to the scene. That never makes it in."

Example

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"It was pretty ballsy of you to stand up to the boss like that."

Etymology

From balls (“courage”) + -y.

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