balls

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔːlz/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /baːlz/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɑlz/ Rhymes: -ɔːlz === Noun === balls plural of ball (Can we date this quote?) W. S. Gilbert, HMS Pinafore When the balls whistle free o'er the bright blue sea / We stand to our guns all day. (vulgar, colloquial) The testicles. === Noun === balls pl (plural only) (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness. 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6: Douglas: You've got spunk. And balls. And I like that in a woman. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:courage (uncountable, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, vulgar, colloquial) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, vulgar) A balls-up; a botched job. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === balls (third-person singular simple present ballses, present participle ballsing, simple past and past participle ballsed) (vulgar, transitive) Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something) (vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse. === Verb === balls third-person singular simple present indicative of ball ==== Derived terms ==== balls about, balls around balls on balls up === Adverb === balls (not comparable) (slang) Very. Intensifier. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === ball on Wikipedia.Wikipedia testicle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia courage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbaʎs] === Noun === balls plural of ball