tullball

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• toillbaill, toilljbaillj (non-standard dialectal spelling of this word, heavily used in unformal writing)

Etymology

From tull (“nonsense”) +‎ ball (“ball”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʎ.baʎ/

Noun

tullball m (definite singular tullballen, indefinite plural tullballar, definite plural tullballane)

1. (dialectal, Northern Norway, Trøndelag) a fool, a weird person (often not offensive)

Synonyms

• galning
• gælen
• raring
• sinnssjuk (more serious, offensive)
• skrue
• snåling
• tulling
• tullkuk (offensive)
• vanvettig (serious, somewhat offensive)
• vansinnig (serious, somewhat offensive)