Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balls on

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: ball-s on
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

"“Can you tell me why it is,” said Ian in an aggressive way, “every time we go into a fucking pub you go ballsing on about bleeding Lance Platt. Can you tell me that?”"
"Here was Oswald, trying to make the business a bit of money, to go out and find a few pictures to sell and a few clients to sell them to; and here was this youth ballsing on about Chatsworth and his weekends with Lady Lindisfarne."

Usage

Inflected Forms

ballses on (present, singular) ballsing on (participle, present) ballsed on (participle, past) ballsed on (past)

Questions

What does balls on mean?: To blather.

How to pronounce balls on

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