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balls around

balls around is the alternative form of balls about.

Meaning of balls about

Verb

balls about (third-person singular simple present ballses about, present participle ballsing about, simple past and past participle ballsed about)

  1. (UK, slang, vulgar) To engage in a lot of activity with many unwanted or unnecessary details.
    • This is just comfortable. I don't want no ballsing about with rows and noise in flats.1957, Reports of the Institute of Community Studies - Volume 2
  2. (UK, slang, vulgar) To bullshit; to speak or act as a joke or with no real point.
    • 'You're on the front page of the Irish News.' 'Are you ballsing about?'2003, Sam Millar, On the Brinks, →ISBN, page 271

Forms of balls around

third-person singular presentballses around
present participleballsing around
past participleballsed around
pastballsed around

Questions about balls around

What is balls around the alternative form of?
Balls around is the alternative form of balls about.

Words near balls around in the dictionary

  1. ballrooms
  2. ballroomy
  3. balls
  4. balls about
  5. balls and chains
  6. balls around
  7. balls deep
  8. balls down
  9. balls in hand
  10. balls it off
  11. balls of chalk

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