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ball-less

ball-less adjective: without balls (testicles).

Adjective

ball-less (not comparable)

  1. (slang, literal or figurative) Without balls (testicles).
    Synonyms:
    testicleless
  2. Without a ball (object used for playing games).
    • ‘But the strokes and the movements on the court have all been so clearly visible that the absence of the ball has hardly seemed to trouble the viewers.’ Those of us born too late to enjoy this ball-less tennis had to wait until 1966 for Michelangelo Antonioni to recreate the surreal experience in...2012, Martin Kelner, Sit Down and Cheer: A History of Sport on TV, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2013, →ISBN, page 31

Synonyms of ball-less

Forms of ball-less

alternative formballless

Origin of ball-less

From ball + -less.

Questions about ball-less

What does ball-less mean?
Ball-less means without balls (testicles).
What part of speech is ball-less?
Ball-less is an adjective.

Words near ball-less in the dictionary

  1. ball-goer
  2. ball-goers
  3. ball-gowned
  4. ball-hawking
  5. ball-head onion
  6. ball-less
  7. ball-like
  8. ball-on-three-balls test
  9. ball-park
  10. ball-park estimate
  11. ball-park estimates

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