ballsy

English

Etymology

From balls (“courage”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔlzi/, enPR: bôl'zē

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Adjective

ballsy (comparative ballsier, superlative ballsiest)

1. (vulgar, colloquial) Tough and courageous; having balls.
   • 2016 June 2, Melena Ryzik, “Megan Fox on ‘Ninja Turtles’ and Female Stereotypes in Film”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     On a movie like this, I don’t mind doing [the scene] as written, but I do do a lot of improv. I’m sort of a rapid-fire ballsy talker, and so I bring that to the character whenever it’s appropriate to the scene. That never makes it in.

Derived terms

• ballsily
• ballsiness

Translations

having balls

• Catalan: collonut (ca) m, collonuda (ca) f
• Finnish: rohkea (fi), röyhkeä (fi)
• French: couillu (fr) m, burné (fr)
• German: mutig (de), draufgängerisch (de)
• Hungarian: tökös (hu)
• Italian: cazzuto (it) m
• Romanian: coios m, tupeist m
• Southern Ohlone: sokkoSmin (noun)
• Spanish: corajudo (es), cojonudo (es)
• Turkish: taşaklı (tr)

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