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ball
1. noun A very enjoyable time. The kids really had a ball at the birthday party—they won't stop talking about it! You should really come to the fair with us. It'll be a ball!
2. noun, vulgar slang A testicle. She kicked the man right in the balls when he tried to grope her in the bar. I heard Tom lost his left ball to cancer last month.
3. verb, vulgar slang To have sex (with someone). I heard they were balling in the back seat of his pickup truck. You're still dating Jenny, right? You ball her yet?
balls
1. vulgar slang The testicles. Yeah, he's not feeling so great after taking that kick to the balls!
2. rude slang Courage, guts, or gumption. Usually, but not exclusively, used in reference to males. It took serious balls to pull off a stunt like that. Wow, you told the boss to go suck an egg? You've got some balls, dude!
3. rude slang Machismo or masculinity. A: "So your new boss is a woman? I bet she's got your balls in a jar, huh?" B: "You're a sexist jerk, Tom." A: "You do all the cooking and cleaning in your house? You need to find your balls, dude!" B: "You're going to die alone."
4. rude slang An exclamation of frustration or disappointment. Balls, I left the tickets at home!
See also: ball
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
ball
1. n. a wild time at a party; a good time. We really had a ball. See ya!
2. n. a testicle. (see also balls.) The teacher preferred “testicles” to “balls,” if they had to be mentioned at all.
3. in. to enjoy oneself. (Ambiguous with the next sense.) The whole crowd was balling and having a fine time.
4. in. to depart; to leave. It’s late. Let’s ball.
5. tv. & in. to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.) Isn’t there anything more to you than balling?
6. in. to play a ball game. (Probably a deliberate pun on sense 5) Bob’s out balling with the guys.
balls
1. n. the testicles. (Usually objectionable.) He got hit in the balls in the football game.
2. exclam. of disbelief. (Usually an exclamation: Balls! Usually objectionable.) Out of gas! Balls! I just filled it up!
3. n. courage; bravado. (Usually refers to a male, but occasionally refers to female. Usually objectionable.) He doesn’t have enough balls to do that!
See also: ball
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (as) bald as a billiard ball
- (as) bald as a cue ball
- (in) up to (one's) eye(ball)s
- (one) catch no ball
- a (whole) new ballgame
- a ball and chain
- a ball of fire
- a crystal ball
- a different ball of wax
- a different/new ball game
- a ground ball with eyes
- a kick in the balls
- a lost ball in the high weeds
- a totally different ballgame
- a whole different ball of wax
- a whole new ball game
- a whole new ball of wax
- a whole other ball of wax
- advance the ball
- African golf ball
- air ball
- airball
- all balled up
- amazeballs
- bad-ball hitter
- bald as a coot
- bald as a coot/billiard ball
- ball
- ball and chain
- ball hog
- ball of fire
- ball of muscle
- ball off
- ball out
- ball someone/something up
- ball the jack
- ball up
- ball-breaker
- ball-buster
- ball-busting
- balled up
- balled-up
- ballhead
- balling the jack
- balls
- balls about
- balls around
- ball's in your court, the
- balls of feet
- balls of the/(one's) feet
- balls on about (something)
- balls to the wall
- balls up
- balls-out
- base on balls
- bawl (one's) eyes out
- b-ball
- be behind the eight ball
- be no ball of fire
- be on the ball
- beanball
- beat off
- behind the eight ball
- belle of the ball
- belle of the ball, the
- blue balls
- bobble the ball
- brass balls
- break (one's) balls
- break balls
- break balls to do something
- break one's balls
- break one's balls to do something
- break somebody's balls
- break someone's balls
- break your balls
- bust (one's) balls
- bust (one's) butt
- bust (one's) chops
- bust (one's) hump
- bust (one's) tail
- bust balls
- by the balls
- call balls and strikes
- carry the ball
- coil up into (something)
- cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
- cornball
- crystal ball
- crystal ball, look into one's
- cue ball
- curve ball
- drop the ball
- eight ball
- end of the ball game
- foul ball
- furball
- gaze into a/(one's) crystal ball
- get (someone) by the balls
- get all balled up
- get behind the eight ball
- get on the ball
- get the ball rolling
- get/keep/set/start the ball rolling
- go under the wrecking ball
- goofball
- gopher ball
- great balls of fire
- Great balls of fire!
- grow a set (of balls)
- hairball
- have (one) by the balls
- have a ball
- have a lot on the ball
- have a man by the balls
- have on the ball
- have some balls
- have someone by the balls
- have something on the ball
- have something/a lot on the ball
- have the ball at (one's) feet
- have the ball at your feet
- have the ball in (one's) court
- have the ball in court
- have the balls (to do something)
- head the ball
- highball
- hit (something) out of the (ball)park
- hit the ball in the sweet spot
- human wrecking ball
- if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle
- if my sister had balls, she'd be my brother
- if there's grass on the field, play ball
- if there's grass on the pitch, play ball
- in the same ballpark
- juggle (an amount of) balls in the air
- keep (an amount of) balls in the air
- keep (one's) eye on the ball
- keep balls in the air
- keep eye on the ball
- keep one's eye on the ball
- keep the ball rolling
- keep the ball rolling, to
- keep your eye on the ball
- kick (something) into the long grass
- kick (something) into touch
- knock (something) out of the (ball)park
- lick (one's) balls
- like a wrecking ball
- look into (one's) crystal ball
- lowball
- lowball bid
- lowball offer
- lowball price
- lowball the number (of something)
- new ball game
- on the ball
- on the ball, be
- one's ball and chain
- palm (something)
- pick up the ball and run with it
- pitch (one) a curve (ball)
- play ball
- play ball with
- play ball with (one)
- play ball with someone
- play ball with, to
- play the ball and not the man
- play the man and not the ball
- push the ball down the field
- put (something) back in(to) play
- put balls on
- put balls on (something)
- put balls on something
- screwball
- scuzzball
- set the ball rolling
- sleazeball
- slimeball
- sludge ball
- snowball into (something)
- start the ball rolling
- take (one's) ball and go home
- take (one's) eye off the ball
- take a bawling out
- take the ball and run (with it)
- take the ball and run with it
- take the ball before the bound
- take your eye off the ball
- that's how (the way) the ball bounces/cookie crumbles
- that's how the ball bounces
- that's how the cookie crumbles
- that's the ballgame
- that's the way the ball bounces
- that's the way the cookie crumbles
- the ball is in (one's) court
- the ball is in court
- the ball is in someone's court
- the ball is in your court
- the ball is in your/somebody's court
- the belle of the ball
- the end of the ball game
- the old ball and chain
- the whole ball of wax
- throw (one) a curveball
- throw away
- throw someone a curve
- too many balls in the air
- trip balls
- v-ball
- wait for the ball to drop
- whole ball of wax
- whole ball of wax, the
- whole new ball game/ball of wax, a