Meaning

4 senses
  1. (colloquial, vulgar)The testicles.

    After that shot, his balls were really hurting!

  2. (colloquial, plural, plural only, uncountable, vulgar)Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

    Near-synonyms: guts; see also Thesaurus:courage

    He must have a lot of balls to talk to his boss that way.

    Eier, Klöten, Arsch in der Hose

    муде́mudé, я́йцаjájca

  3. (Commonwealth, Hawaii, Ireland, UK, colloquial, plural, plural only, uncountable, vulgar)Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.

    That's a load of balls.

  4. (Commonwealth, Hawaii, Ireland, UK, plural, plural only, vulgar)A balls-up; a botched job.

    Don't make a balls of it!

Examples

185 sentences
  1. All of the balls are yellow.

    Усі м'ячі жовті.

    ruВсе мячи жёлтые.

    deAlle Bälle sind gelb.

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  2. Balls are round.

    М'ячі круглі.

    ruМячи круглые.

    deBälle sind rund.

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  3. Don't balls it up!

    Не обісрися!

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  4. Three of the balls are yellow.

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  5. Do you have any golf balls?

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
slang for testicles:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
slang for testicles:
slang for masculinity, inclusive of strength, courage, and force of will:
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