Does he have the balls to run again after someone resigns over ethical issues?
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hell, one of the Dixie Chicks even offered to Uber her balls over to the company.
Sony: Hollywood’s Most Subversive Studio Under Attack|Marlow Stern|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If you prefer them chewy in the middle and crisp outside, chill the balls of dough.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies|Ina Garten|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He praised Snowden for having the “balls” to expose the crimes of the NSA.
The Bolshevik Who Thinks ‘The Nation’ Is Too Left Wing|Eli Lake|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With the bases loaded, the ultimately rational Palmer always throws every pitch at a corner--even with three balls on the batter.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Allow to boil until the balls are well set, turning them over that both sides may get done.
The Allinson Vegetarian Cookery Book|Thomas R. Allinson
The print of a normal foot shows only the heel, the lateral border of the foot, and the balls and tips of the toes.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
On the other hand, a falling of the balls will lengthen the cut-off through the same mechanism.
Steam Engines|Anonymous
Care must be used in measuring the rice—too much will cause the balls to fall to pieces.
Stevenson Memorial Cook Book|Various
Each man let the first two balls pass him and made Adams pitch himself to the limit to every batter.
Pitching in a Pinch|Christy Mathewson
balls
/ (bɔːlz) slang /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR balls ON THESAURUS.COM
pl n
the testicles
by the ballsso as to be rendered powerless
nonsense; rubbish
courage; forcefulness
interjection
an exclamation of strong disagreement, contempt, annoyance, etc
usage for balls
Both its anatomical senses and its various extended senses nowadays have far less impact than they used to, and seem unlikely to cause offence, though some older or more conservative people may object. Interestingly, its use in the sense of courage is exactly paralleled in the Spanish term «cojones»