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balls Definition


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balls (coarse) (slang)
singular noun
    (N Amer, especially US)
    1. Courage or bravery.
      Example: It took balls to stand up and admit it
    2. Rubbish; nonsense. Also as exclamation.
    3. A balls-up.
Etymology: 19c in sense 2; 20c in other senses: from ball1 noun 5.

Phrasal Verb: balls something up
    To make a complete mess of it; to bungle it. Past tense/participle ballsed, present participle ballsing.


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