balls

Universal Words noun, verb noun (!!!, slang) 1 [U] (BrE) nonsense: That's a load of balls! 2 [pl.] courage: She's got balls, I'll say that for her. * It took a lot of balls to do that. 3 (Balls!) (BrE) exclamation used as a swear word when you are are disagreeing with sth, or when you are angry about sth HELPNOTE Less offensive ways to express this are 'Nonsense!', or 'Come off it!' verb PHRASALVERBS balls sth<->up (BrE, !!!, slang) to spoil sth; to do sth very badly relatednounBALLS-UP HELPNOTE A more polite, informal way of saying this is foul sth up, cock sth up (slang), or bungle sth.