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balls

/ ɔː /

plural noun

  1. the testicles
  2. by the balls
    so as to be rendered powerless
  3. nonsense; rubbish
  4. courage; forcefulness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


interjection

  1. an exclamation of strong disagreement, contempt, annoyance, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Both its anatomical senses and its various extended senses nowadays have far less impact than they used to, and seem unlikely to cause offence, though some older or more conservative people may object. Interestingly, its use in the sense of courage is exactly paralleled in the Spanish term «cojones»
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“He’s the only president who has the balls to do it, whether it pees in your Cheerios or not. I absolutely trust him.”

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Most years a healthy portion of the long balls would be courtesy of Max Muncy.

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The balls, used instead of wheels, on his omnidirectional battery-powered bike are the same type as used by circus acrobats and are self-balancing.

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Hunter Manning lives so close to the West Ranch High baseball field that he can hear sounds of balls being hit in the batting cage at night.

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The Buccaneers had just seven interceptions last season and had a hard time with receivers catching balls over the middle.

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