balls around

A form of balls about — To engage in a lot of activity with many unwanted or unnecessary details.

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Meanings

verbballs around (third-person singular simple present ballses around, present participle ballsing around, simple past and past participle ballsed around)

present singular third person ballses around · participle present ballsing around · participle past ballsed around · past ballsed around

  1. alternativeAlternative form of balls about.

    Stop ballsing around. I don't want to be a party to hurting anybody.

    2006, Filton Hebbard, Some Lust, No Trust, →ISBN, page 111
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    We really want to discover if there really is any authentic student radicalism — how much is just imitation, ballsing around, a matter of fashion.

    1969, The Bulletin - Volume 91, Issues 4660-4672, page 42

    'All that ballsing around by the guys - sexy pictures and stuff - well, I did express doubts about being crazy enough to let you talk me into it.

    2002, Elizabeth Darrell, Flight to Anywhere, →ISBN, page 172
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Chicago

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