Definition of "balls" in Anglais

noun

1. plural of ball

   • Can you believe he can juggle six balls at once?
   • W. S. Gilbert, HMS Pinafore When the balls whistle free o'er the bright blue sea / We stand to our guns all day.

2. (vulgar, colloquial) The testicles.

   • After that shot, his balls were really hurting!

noun

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

   • Douglas: You've got spunk. And balls. And I like that in a woman.
   • He must have a lot of balls to talk to his boss that way.
   • He's the guy with the big balls in that group.
   • Balls is all that it takes to succeed.

2. (uncountable, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, vulgar, colloquial) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.

   • That's a load of balls.

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

   • Don't make a balls of it!

verb

1. (vulgar, transitive) Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)

2. (vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse.

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ball

adverb

1. (slang) Very. Intensifier.

   • It is balls cold out there.