- [uncountable] (British English, offensive, slang) an offensive word for ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are silly or not true synonym nonsense
- That's a load of balls!
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- [plural] courage
- She's got balls, I'll say that for her.
- It took a lot of balls to do that.
- Balls!exclamation (British English, offensive, slang) used as a swear word when you are disagreeing with something, or when you are angry about something Less offensive ways to express this are ‘Nonsense!’, ‘Rubbish!’ or ‘Come off it!’Topics Opinion and argumentc2
- [plural] (informal) testicles
Idioms
go balls out (offensive, slang)
- to do something in a very determined or extreme way, especially when it means taking risks
- The team went balls out in the final.
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