balls
n.
(Vulgar Slang) testes, testicles; courage, boldness; nonsense
ball
n.
object with a spherical shape; round toy used in games such as baseball and basketball; game of baseball; formal dance; (Vulgar Slang) testis, testicle
v.
make into a ball; form into a ball; mess up; hump, engage in sexual intercourse (Vulgar Slang)
BALL
Ball
ball
Noun
1. round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket"
(hypernym) game equipment
(hyponym) baseball
2. a solid ball shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball"
(synonym) musket ball
(hypernym) shot, pellet
3. an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
(synonym) globe, orb
(hypernym) sphere
(hyponym) crystal ball
4. the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded"
(hypernym) dance
(part-meronym) promenade
5. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
(synonym) testis, testicle, orchis, ballock, bollock, nut, egg
(hypernym) male reproductive gland
(hyponym) cobblers
(part-holonym) male reproductive system
(part-meronym) testicular artery, internal spermatic artery, arteria testicularis
6. a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub"
(hypernym) plaything, toy
(hyponym) beach ball
7. a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
(synonym) clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk
(hypernym) agglomeration
(hyponym) clot, coagulum
8. a lavish formal dance
(hypernym) dance
(hyponym) cotillion, cotilion
9. a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb; "he stood on the balls of his feet"
(hypernym) structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
(part-holonym) sole
10. a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
(synonym) baseball, baseball game
(hypernym) ball game, ballgame
(hyponym) daisy cutter
(class) away, outside
11. a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"
(hypernym) pitch, delivery
Verb
1. form into a ball by winding or rolling; "ball wool"
(hypernym) wind, wrap, roll, twine
Ball (der)
n.
ball, object with a spherical shape; round toy used in games such as baseball and basketball; formal dance; benefit ball, social dance which is intended to raise money for a certain cause
balls
Synonyms and related words:
adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audaciousness, audacity, bag, ballocks, baloney, basket, beard, blague, bosh, bravado, bravura, breasts, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cervix, claptrap, clitoris, cod, cods, crap, cullions, daring, dauntlessness, derring-do, enterprise, eyewash, family jewels, female organs, flam, flimflam, foolhardiness, gammon, genitalia, genitals, gonads, guts, heart, hogwash, hoke, hokum, hooey, humbug, humbuggery, jiggery-pokery, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, meat, mettle, moonshine, moxie, nuts, nymphae, ovary, overboldness, penis, phallus, pluck, private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, resolution, rocks, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, spermary, spirit, testes, testicles, uterus, vagina, venturesomeness, venturousness, vulva, womb, yoni,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.