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

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backbone

noun

  • metaphor: having a "backbone" endows one with courage, will.
    Why do you let your manager take advantage of you? Grow a backbone.
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    Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 17 2010.  (Edit this definition.)

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balls    Featured Word

adjective

adverb

interjection

noun

  • testicles. Also used in the singular as ball.
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "Everything Will Change", The Event (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 10
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday", Party Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 5
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002 film)
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "Trust", Wilfred (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (2011)
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "Conscience", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 6 (2011)
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "Anger", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 8 (2011)
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    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.)

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balls of steel

noun - plural

  • metaphorical testicles that people with courage or gall have.
    You must have balls of steel showing your face in here.
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    Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 28 2011.  (Edit this definition.)

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balls out    Featured Word

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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ballsy    Featured Word

adjective

  • brave. See balls.
    That was one ballsy move.
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "Jeu Monegasque", Archer (TV), Season 2 Episode 11 (2011)
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "All the Right Friends", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 4 (2011)
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    Originally submitted by Avalon D. from Chicago, IL, USA on Sep 18 2002.  (Edit this definition.)

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cowboy up

verb

  • to face a daunting task, as a brave cowboy would.
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "Charged", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 2
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    Originally submitted by Mary K. from Lockport, IL, USA on Feb 25 2003.  (Edit this definition.)

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edgy

adjective

  • socially dangerous or daring; intellectually provocative; tending to induce unease or stress in viewers. Especially used to describe artistic and intellectual work.
    "Alamo Bay" was an edgy movie on immigration.
    To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "Doubt", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 11 (2011)
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    Originally submitted by J.S. G. from Houston, TX, USA on Jan 12 2003.  (Edit this definition.)

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grit    Featured Word

adjective

noun

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