- present tense form of ball (3rd person singular).
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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But Mitchell spat on three straight balls to get to a full count.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Teams had to wipe down the balls after using them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
A daily workout, and hitting golf balls on my Trackman video setup in the wine cellar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
He scored runs with only one of those shots - when he had 176 runs to his name and had faced 368 balls.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Hail piles up into ice drifts, growing from pellets to Ping-Pong balls.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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