BALLS


Meaning of BALLS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bɔ:lz ]

( ballses, ballsing, ballsed)

1.

If you say that someone has balls , you mean that they have courage. ( INFORMAL, RUDE )

I never had the balls to do anything like this.

= guts

N-UNCOUNT : oft the N to-inf [ approval ]

2.

You can say ‘ balls ’ or say that what someone says is balls when you think that it is stupid or wrong. ( BRIT INFORMAL, VERY RUDE )

What complete and utter balls!

EXCLAM ; N-UNCOUNT [ feelings ]

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