Balls vs. Nuts — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Balls and Nuts
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Definitions
Balls
A spherical object or entity
A steel ball.
Nuts
Crazy or foolish.
Balls
A spherical or almost spherical body
A ball of flame.
Nuts
Extremely enthusiastic
I'm nuts about opera.
Balls
Any of various movable and round or oblong objects used in various athletic activities and games.
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Nuts
Used to express contempt, disappointment, or refusal.
Balls
Such an object moving, thrown, hit, or kicked in a particular manner
A low ball.
A fair ball.
Nuts
Plural of nut
Balls
A game, especially baseball or basketball, played with such an object.
Nuts
(poker) An unbeatable hand; the best poker hand available.
If the board is 237QA, all of spades, the nuts is 45 of spades.
If the board is 4444J, the nuts is any hand with an ace.
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Balls
A pitched baseball that does not pass through the strike zone and is not swung at by the batter.
Nuts
(colloquial) Insane, mad.
After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts.
Balls
A solid spherical or pointed projectile, such as one shot from a cannon.
Nuts
Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts.
Balls
Projectiles of this kind considered as a group.
Nuts
(colloquial) Very fond of (on) someone.
He's been nuts on her since the day they met.
Balls
A rounded part or protuberance, especially of the body
The ball of the foot.
Nuts
Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.
Balls
A testicle.
Nuts
Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in no way, or nothing doing; often followed by to.}}
They want me to pay $5 for a banana? Nuts to that!
Balls
Balls Courage, especially when reckless.
Nuts
Crazy; loony; insane; batty; - used in a predicate position, ususually in phrases such as to go nuts, went nuts, are you nuts?
Balls
Balls Great presumptuousness.
Nuts
An expression of disapproval, defiance, or displeasure, as in: "Ah, nuts! My knife just broke."
Balls
A formal gathering for social dancing.
Nuts
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;
It used to drive my husband balmy
Balls
(Informal) An extremely enjoyable time or experience
We had a ball during our vacation.
Balls
To form into a ball.
Balls
Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.
Balls
To become formed into a ball.
Balls
Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.
Balls
Plural of ball
Can you believe he can juggle six balls at once?
Balls
The testicles.
After that shot, his balls were really hurting!
Balls
Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazeness.
He must have a lot of balls to talk to his boss that way.
He's the guy with the big balls in that group.
Balls is all that it takes to succeed.
Balls
Synonym of bollocks}}, {{ngd.
That's a load of balls.
Balls
A balls-up; a botched job.
Don't make a balls of it!
Balls
Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)
Balls
To engage in sexual intercourse.
Balls
(slang) Very. Intensifier.
It is balls cold out there.
Balls
Nonsense.
