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The correct spelling is balls.
How to pronounce balls
/bɔːlz/
nounIPA: /bɔːlz/
Say it like: Bal-ls
The correct spelling is balls. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. For example: "a ball of spittle; a fecal ball"
Usage Examples
“a ball of spittle; a fecal ball”
“to ball cotton”
“The horse balls; the snow balls.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- 2.A round or ellipsoidal object.
- 3.(mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- 4.A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
- 5.A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
verb
- 1.To form or wind into a ball.
- 2.To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- 3.To have sexual intercourse with.
- 4.To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- 5.(usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
adverb
- 1.Very. Intensifier.
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