noun

• a great time. Also have a ball.

  That party was a ball!

  Man, why did we have to leave so early? I was having a ball!

  by John V., Feb 04 1999.

• testicle. Usually used in the plural form balls.

  Ow! You just hit my ball!

  by Mia X, Nov 05 1999.

• shortened form of "eight ball" - an eighth of an ounce of an illegal drug.

  Could I get a ball?

  by "mookie m., Aug 19 2002.

verb

• to be successful. Typically used to refer to men, and often implies an abundance of money, women, nice clothes, expensive cars, etc. Also big balling.

  He's a baller.

  You know that's a baller; he keeps three or four females at all times.

  I'm big ballin' now.

  by Jose M., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, Jun 29 1998.

• to have intercourse.

  Hey baby, let's ball.

  They were balling in the back room.

  If I put a sock on the doorknob, don't come in: it means I'm going to ball my girlfriend.

  by Gerry M., Toronto, ON, Canada, Jan 21 1999.

• to be generally cool.

  I'm ballin' out of control tonight.

  by Brian C., Waco, TX, USA, Aug 18 2002.

• to sell crack cocaine.

  by "mookie m., Aug 19 2002.

• to be or act as a baller.

  by Joan G., Feb 19 2005.

• to play basketball.

  I was balling with some friends yesterday.

  by Anonymous, Jul 30 2007.

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!!

  by james s., NJ, USA, Jun 08 1999.

adverb

• very; extremely. Also balls-ass.

  It is balls cold out here.

  I'm balls tired.

  by James O, Bluefield, WV, USA, Apr 29 1999.

interjection

• exclamation of disappointment.

  Oh balls!

  by John V., Feb 04 1999.

noun

• testicles.

  The baseball hit him right in the balls.

  by Mia X, Nov 05 1999.

• 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.

  by Avalon D., Chicago, IL, USA, Sep 18 2002.

notes

• See ball; baller

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 12 2009.

adjective

• bad.

  I went to see the football. It was a bollocks match.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004.

interjection

• exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.

  Oh, bollocks!

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

noun

• testicles.

  I have itchy bollocks.

  by Andy, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK, Aug 21 1997.

• lies.

  What a load of bollocks!

  by Michael Fraser, New York, NY, USA, Dec 03 1997.

• something broken or messed up.

  You made a right bollocks of that.

  by Steve, Oct 11 1999.

• exaggerated stories.

  As usual Malcolm came to the pub and talked non-stop bollocks all evening.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004.

verb

• to screw up.

  You've really bollocksed that up.

  by Steve, Oct 11 1999.

notes

• Origin: UK.

  by Michael Fraser, New York, NY, USA, Dec 03 1997.

verb

• to not wear underwear. As "balls" is slang for testicles, this term is typically only used by men.

  My underwear was in the wash, so I had to free-ball it.

  Yup, I'm free-balling.

  by Anonymous, Nov 15 2002.

noun

• testicles.

  He got a swift kick in the knap sack.

  by Robert Linville (DJ Nimbus, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Jun 08 2007.

noun

• testicles. Shortened form of "gonads."

  She kicked me in the nads!

  by Mike, Southeast, CA, USA, Mar 21 1998.

notes

• Though "gonads" technically refers to both testicles and ovaries, "nads" is only used in reference to the former.

  by KMS, London, Greater London, UK, Aug 19 2002.

noun

• testicles, balls.

  I got kicked in the nards.

  by Anonymous, Apr 12 1998.

origin

• Possibly from "nads, which also means "testicles."

  by Mitch F., Cary, NC, USA, Dec 11 2001.

adjective

• crazy.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 09 2009.

• a big fan of.

  I'm nuts about this new game.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 09 2009.

noun

• testicles.

  I got hit in my nuts.

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.