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balls

/bɔːlz/

noun

Meaning

  • A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

    "a ball of spittle; a fecal ball"

  • A round or ellipsoidal object.

  • (mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.

  • A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.

  • A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.

Synonyms

chutzpah,
guts,
nerve,
globe,
sphere

verb

Meaning

  • To form or wind into a ball.

    "to ball cotton"

  • To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

  • To have sexual intercourse with.

  • To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.

    "The horse balls; the snow balls."

  • (usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.

  • To play basketball.

  • To punish by affixing a ball and chain

Synonyms

roll,
wad,
bonk,
fuck,
lay,
screw,
shag

noun

Meaning

  • A formal dance.

  • A very enjoyable time.

    "I had a ball at that concert."

Synonyms

blast,
whale of a time

verb

Meaning

  • Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)

  • To engage in sexual intercourse.

adverb

Meaning

  • Very. Intensifier.

    "It is balls cold out there."