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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Costco cut the price External link on a number of its private label items, sold under its Kirkland Signature brand, spanning bed sheets to golf balls.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
“The bottom half of the order, they were fouling off a lot of balls, we couldn’t put those guys out,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
"This is the simplest game with the easiest access. Everybody plays it around the world with no money, no soccer balls, no shoes. And here, we had just the opposite thing going on."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Kids call them fidget toys or stress balls.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Duane sighed, looking up a gentle slope densely dotted in puffs of white hair balls that swayed in the breeze.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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