ballsy
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- ballsiness noun
Etymology
Origin of ballsy
1955–60; balls (in the sense “boldness, courage, brashness”) + -y 1; -sy
Example Sentences
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Around 100 people gathered in central London on Sunday for the No Trousers on Tube Ride, a ballsy annual tradition in which people take their trousers off on the city's busy metro system "just for fun".
From Barron's
Few filmmakers would be ballsy enough to swipe one of cinema’s most famous — and parodied — pieces of music, Strauss’ “Blue Danube” waltz, forever synonymous with “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and find a fresh, poetic use for it.
From Los Angeles Times
"I think he had his dad to help him with the letter but it was quite ballsy, you know: 'Brian Epstein’s got The Beatles; you need us', or something like that," says Underwood.
From BBC
“One of the reasons I wanted to help was I thought what he was doing was so ballsy,” Cooper said.
From Los Angeles Times
“He has conviction and it’s so ballsy. Why is it that he’s doing that at this point in his career and other people aren’t following that example?”
From Seattle Times
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