Browsing page 1 of words meaning brave (8 words total)

adjective

• out of luck; having failed or lost.

  Speaker A: Did you get the job?
  
  Speaker B: No, I'm balls.

  We're balls. Balls!

  • See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.

  Originally submitted by james s. from NJ, USA on Jun 08 1999.  (Edit this definition.)

adverb

• very; extremely. Also "as balls", balls-ass.

  It is balls cold out here.

  I'm balls tired.

  • See more words with the same meaning: very, extremely, completely, in a grand way.

  Originally submitted by James O from Bluefield, WV, USA on Apr 29 1999.  (Edit this definition.)

interjection

• exclamation of disappointment.

  Oh balls!

  • See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).

  Originally submitted by John V. on Feb 04 1999.  (Edit this definition.)

noun

• testicles. Also used in the singular as ball.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: testicles.

  Originally submitted by Mia X on Nov 05 1999.  (Edit this definition.)

• bravado, courage; GUTS. In this sense, "balls" still means "testicles," but "having balls" implies bravado. Having large "balls" or many "balls" implies even more bravado. (The "having testicles" = "bravado" relationship exists in other languages, e.g. "tener cojones" in Spanish.)

  You've got balls to do something like that!

  That dude must have enormous balls!

  You've got a lot of balls showing your face in here.

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  Originally submitted by Avalon D. from Chicago, IL, USA on Sep 18 2002.  (Edit this definition.)

notes

• See ball; baller

  Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 12 2009.  (Edit this definition.)

adjective

• extreme.

  That was one balls-out street race!

  • See more words with the same meaning: wild, ridiculous, extreme.

  Originally submitted by Brad W. from Portland, OR, USA on Feb 03 2003.  (Edit this definition.)

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.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: wild, ridiculous, extreme.

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

notes

• 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.)

adjective

• brave. See balls.

  That was one ballsy move.

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  Originally submitted by Avalon D. from Chicago, IL, USA on Sep 18 2002.  (Edit this definition.)

adjective

• unattractive (describing a person); NASTY; GROSS.

  He is so grit!

  • See more words with the same meaning: unattractive, ugly.

  Originally submitted by Devon J. from Minneapolis, MN, USA on Dec 15 1999.  (Edit this definition.)

noun

• cigarette.

  I was out of money so I bummed a grit.

  • See more words with the same meaning: cigarette, cigar.

  Originally submitted by Anonymous on Feb 11 1998.  (Edit this definition.)

• a country bumpkin; REDNECK.
  • See more words with the same meaning: rural dweller.

  Originally submitted by Jacki P. from Bloomington, IN, USA on Mar 02 2008.  (Edit this definition.)

noun - uncountable

• spirit, courage.
  • See more words with the same meaning: brave.

  Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.  (Edit this definition.)