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Definition of balls out

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adjective

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.

    Originally submitted by Jon L. from Naples, FL, USA on May 22 1999.  (Edit this definition.)

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  • also balls to the wall.

    Originally submitted by Alan H. from New York, NY, USA on Jul 31 1998.  (Edit this definition.)

  • 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".

    Originally submitted by tg from Georgia, USA on Feb 29 2008.  (Edit this definition.)

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