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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 FULL HEAD 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 May 22 1999. Submitted by Jon L. from Naples, FL, USA on May 22 1999.
notes
- also balls to the wall.
Last edited on Jul 31 1998. 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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| Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment. | |
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| Definitions include: cigarette. | |
| Definitions include: brave. | |
| Definitions include: to face a daunting task, as a brave cowboy would. | |
| Definitions include: socially dangerous or daring; intellectually provocative; tending to induce unease or stress in viewers. | |
| Definitions include: testicles. | |
| Definitions include: full of courage. | |
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| Definitions include: excited. | |
| Definitions include: "ridiculous". | |
| Definitions include: ridiculous, absurd. | |
| Definitions include: tight cool sweet. etc. also nice something is nice. | |
| Definitions include: to undergo a medical procedure with no regard to one-self's mental or physical comfort, i.e. refusing all procedural drugs meant to help one relax, forget and relieve pain, all in an effort to save time. | |
| Definitions include: extremely fun; exciting; wild. | |
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| Definitions include: a wild party. | |
| Definitions include: extreme; wild; awesome. | |
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| Definitions include: extreme. | |
| Definitions include: crazy. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of off the hook. | |
| Definitions include: extreme; "all out". | |
| Definitions include: aggravation. | |
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| Definitions include: "amazing". | |
| Definitions include: very. | |
| Definitions include: shaved testicles. | |
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| Definitions include: testicles. | |
| Definitions include: a demanding superior. | |
| Definitions include: pubic hair that is kept in a style that compares to a microphone head. | |
| Definitions include: See ball; baller | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: an estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a rough numerical estimate. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment. | |
| Definitions include: the scrotum. | |
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| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
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| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
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| Definitions include: to violently beat. | |
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