Meanings
adjectiveballsy (comparative ballsier, superlative ballsiest)
comparative ballsier · superlative ballsiest
- colloquialvulgarTough and courageous; having balls.
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.
2016 June 2, Melena Ryzik, “Megan Fox on ‘Ninja Turtles’ and Female Stereotypes in Film”, in New York Times
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Catalan collonut
- collonuthaving balls
Finnish rohkea, röyhkeä
- rohkeahaving balls
- röyhkeähaving balls
French couillu, burné
- couilluhaving balls
- burnéhaving balls
German mutig, draufgängerisch
- mutighaving balls
- draufgängerischhaving balls
Hungarian tökös
- tököshaving balls
Italian cazzuto
- cazzutohaving balls
Romanian coios, tupeist
- coioshaving balls
- tupeisthaving balls
Spanish corajudo, cojonudo
- corajudohaving balls
- cojonudohaving balls
Turkish taşaklı
- taşaklıhaving balls
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APA
ballsy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballsy
MLA
“ballsy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballsy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballsy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballsy.
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