Definition of balls out

balls out

adjective

extreme.
That was one balls-out street race!
- See more words with the same meaning: wild, ridiculous, extreme.
Last edited on Feb 03 2003. Submitted by Brad W. from Portland, OR, USA on Feb 03 2003.

adverb

with reckless abandon and extreme courage; "head-long"; "with a head full of steam"; "giving it one's all".
Those motorcyclists took that steep hill balls out!
You just have to go balls out to win this game.
- See more words with the same meaning: brave.
- See more words with the same meaning: wild, ridiculous, extreme.
Last edited on Jun 04 2013. Submitted by Jon L. from Naples, FL, USA on May 22 1999.

notes

See also balls to the wall.
Last edited on Oct 14 2018. Submitted by Alan H. from New York, NY, USA on Jul 31 1998.
Possible etymology: The original phrase is actually hinted to in the expression "with a full head of steam". In the earliest days of steam engines, Watt style engines and their successors used a centrifugal governor to control speed. The faster the engine was to run the higher the weighted balls on the governor would rise until at full speed they were at their highest and farthest reach from the center: high or full speed was known as running "balls out".
Last edited on Feb 29 2008. Submitted by tg from Georgia, USA on Feb 29 2008.

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backbone	Definitions include: metaphor: having a "backbone" endows one with courage, will.
cojones	Definitions include: testicles.
balls of steel	Definitions include: metaphorical testicles that people with courage or gall have.
grit	Definitions include: cigarette.
gutsy	Definitions include: full of courage.
ballsy	Definitions include: brave.
brass clankers	Definitions include: Literally, brass testicles.
cowboy up	Definitions include: to face a daunting task, as a brave cowboy would.
balls	Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
edgy	Definitions include: socially dangerous or daring; intellectually provocative; tending to induce unease or stress in viewers.
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hardcore	Definitions include: extreme.
no holds barred	Definitions include: without restrictions.
ridonculous	Definitions include: "ridiculous".
bonkers	Definitions include: crazy, unbelievable, or highly agreeable.
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
balls to the wall	Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
cray-cray	Definitions include: crazy, i.e. strange, insane, or wild.
redonkulous	Definitions include: "ridiculous".
rager	Definitions include: a wild party.
off the hizzle	Definitions include: use in place of "off the hook" meaning very good, excellent, cool, or tight.
off the heezy fosheezy	Definitions include: "off the heezy fosheezy."
off da hook	Definitions include: alternate spelling of off the hook.
buck wild	Definitions include: uncontrollable, uncivilized; "crazy".
out of pocket	Definitions include: crazy.
off tha hizzy fo shezzy	Definitions include: tight cool sweet. etc. also nice something is nice.
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amaze-balls	Definitions include: "amazing".
as balls	Definitions include: very.
baby balls	Definitions include: shaved testicles.
ball	Definitions include: to be successful.
ball and chain	Definitions include: significant other.
ball bag	Definitions include: testicles.
ball-breaker	Definitions include: a demanding superior.
ball fro	Definitions include: pubic hair that is kept in a style that compares to a microphone head.
balling	Definitions include: See ball; baller
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
ball out	Definitions include: to leave.
ballpark figure	Definitions include: an estimate.
ball-park figure	Definitions include: a rough numerical estimate.
balls	Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
ball sack	Definitions include: the scrotum.
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all blowed out	Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched.
amped-out	Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use.
as all get-out	Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
ask (one) out	Definitions include: to ask a person on a date.
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
back one out	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
bail out	Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail.
bait out	Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch".
bake-out	Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.)
ball out	Definitions include: to leave.
bang out	Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury.
beast out	Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work.
beat (one's) brains out	Definitions include: to beat severely.
*beat seven shades of sht out of**	Definitions include: to beat severely.
beat the hell out of	Definitions include: to violently beat.
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