English Explanatory Dictionary

balls

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of ball
  2. The testicles.
noun
  1. Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
  2. Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.
  3. A balls-up; a botched job.
verb
  1. Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)
  2. To engage in sexual intercourse.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ball
adv
  1. Very. Intensifier.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/bɔːlz/ En-uk-balls.ogg /baːlz/ /bɑlz/ en-us-balls.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-balls.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-balls.wav

Word forms

balls ballses ballsing ballsed

Synonyms

audacity balls bield boldhead boldness bravehood braveness bravery courage courageousness daring fearlessness grit guts heart intrepidity intrepidness mood nerve ovaries pecker pluck spunk steel undauntedness valour bollocks nonsense

Derived words

amazeballs ballsy barse Billy Big Balls blue balls bust one's balls bust someone's balls Colemanballs cramp balls dogballs drag one's balls across grab life by the balls have someone by the balls nutballs balls about balls around balls on balls up

Translations

Albanian: koqe Armenian: ձվեր Armenian: պլոր Aromanian: coalji Aromanian: boashi Asturian: güevos Azerbaijani: daşşaq Bengali: বীচি Bulgarian: топки Bulgarian: ташаци Catalan: collons Chinese Cantonese: 波子 Chinese Cantonese: 春子 Chinese Cantonese: 波珠 Chinese Mandarin: 蛋蛋 Czech: koule Danish: nosser Dutch: ballen Dutch: kloten Esperanto: kojonoj Estonian: munad Finnish: pallit Finnish: munat Finnish: kassit French: couilles French: burnes French: roustons French: balloches French: valseuses Galician: collóns Georgian: ყვერები Georgian: კვაჯები Georgian: ყოყორები German: Eier German: Klöten Greek: αρχίδια Hebrew: ביצים Hungarian: tök Indonesian: peler Indonesian: biji salak Indonesian: biji peler Interlingua: coleones Italian: balle Italian: palle Italian: coglioni Italian: testicoli Japanese: 金玉 Javanese: konthol Latin: cōleī Lithuanian: kiaušai Persian: خایه Polish: jaja Portuguese: saco Portuguese: bolas Portuguese: colhões Romanian: boașe Romanian: coaie Romanian: ouă Russian: муде́ Russian: я́йца Serbo-Croatian: jaja Serbo-Croatian: muda Slovak: gule Slovene: jajca Spanish: huevos Spanish: pelotas Spanish: cojones Spanish: bolas Tagalog: betlog
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