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Balls

/bɔːlz/

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

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📖 Definitions of "Balls"

noun

1
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
"a ball of spittle; a fecal ball"
2
A round or ellipsoidal object.
3
(mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.
4
A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.

verb

1
To form or wind into a ball.
"to ball cotton"
2
To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
3
To have sexual intercourse with.
4
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
"The horse balls; the snow balls."

noun

1
A formal dance.
2
A very enjoyable time.
"I had a ball at that concert."

verb

1
Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)
2
To engage in sexual intercourse.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Balls"

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Word	Definition
globnoun	A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
lumpnoun	Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
clumpnoun	A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
globenoun	The planet Earth.
clodnoun	A lump of something, especially earth or clay.
chunknoun	A large or substantial portion of something.
ballocknoun	Alternative spelling of bollock. [(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.]
orbnoun	A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
bollocknoun	(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
testisnoun	(anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
gonadnoun	(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
testiclenoun	(more commonly) Either half of the structure that contains the testes: one side of the scrotum and its contents, considered as one object (one half of the ballsack, including its ball).
eggnoun	(countable, zoology) (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
nutnoun	(food, loosely) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
musket ballnoun	(firearms, historical) A spherical projectile suitable for firing from a musket.
cojonesnoun	(slang, usually vulgar) Synonym of balls (“testicles; courage, masculinity”).
jewelsnoun	(slang) Family jewels; testicles.
nadsnoun	(slang, rarely used in the singular) The testicles.
nutsnoun	(slang) The testicles.
bollocksnoun	Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.