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balls

/ ��ɔː�� /

plural noun

the testicles
by the balls
so as to be rendered powerless
nonsense; rubbish
courage; forcefulness

interjection

an exclamation of strong disagreement, contempt, annoyance, etc

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Usage

Both its anatomical senses and its various extended senses nowadays have far less impact than they used to, and seem unlikely to cause offence, though some older or more conservative people may object. Interestingly, its use in the sense of courage is exactly paralleled in the Spanish term «cojones»

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Hunter Manning lives so close to the West Ranch High baseball field that he can hear sounds of balls being hit in the batting cage at night.

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The Buccaneers had just seven interceptions last season and had a hard time with receivers catching balls over the middle.

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Badenoch said the prime minister didn't "have the balls" to say where he stood and likened him to a "weather vane".

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This year, he already has six long balls, five stolen bases and, according to MLB’s Statcast data system, one of the five hardest swings in the majors.

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This time of year invites us all, believers and atheists alike, to emerge from our own suspended animation or curled-up little balls, like cummings writes at the end of that poem:

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