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balls

/ ²úɔ˱ô³ú /

plural noun

  1. the testicles
  2. by the balls
    so as to be rendered powerless
  3. nonsense; rubbish
  4. courage; forcefulness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


interjection

  1. an exclamation of strong disagreement, contempt, annoyance, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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»
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As Wednesday showed, it’s how they’re winning games, this time triumphing despite three errors and two base-running blunders and one misplayed fly balls.

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I hope he gets tetanus of the balls,’†the complaint said.

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Tiger Woods hit three balls in Rae's Creek, the water that protects the front of the green, on his way to a 10 in 2020, the year after he won his fifth Green Jacket.

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Scoring 110 runs from 110 balls for England Lions this winter against an Australia A side featuring six full internationals confirmed it.

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“I used to just throw a bunch of weighted balls,†Glasnow said Monday, something he believes helped increase his pitching velocities but also coincided with when his elbow started “not feeling great.â€

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