balls
Britishplural noun
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the testicles
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so as to be rendered powerless
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nonsense; rubbish
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courage; forcefulness
interjection
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»
Example Sentences
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"I saw him tense up a little bit, but the balls were quite old there, so every rally was a war."
From BBC
Pakistan came out swinging in reply, racing to 50 in just 19 balls with captain Salman Agha hammering 45 off 12 balls, including five fours and three sixes.
From Barron's
The researchers explain this effect using an analogy to a Newton's cradle, the desktop device with a row of suspended metal balls.
From Science Daily
Farhan anchored the chase with a fluent 51 off 36 balls, peppered with four fours and two sixes -- his eighth T20I half-century -- as Pakistan cruised home without alarm.
From Barron's
Having come in during the first over, he strolled to the nineties but 29 balls passed with Bethell a hit away from a century.
From BBC
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