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brass balls

brass balls noun: shamelessness, cheek, brazenness.

Noun

brass balls pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) Shamelessness, cheek, brazenness.
    • You've got a lot of brass balls, you know that. I do all the work, you take all the credit. You know what your problem is? Your face.1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi)
    • Gentlemen, do you know what it takes to sell real estate? (Picks up a physical pair of brass balls and holds them at groin height.) It takes brass balls to sell real estate.1992, David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross, spoken by Blake (Alec Baldwin)

Words formed from brass balls

Questions about brass balls

What does brass balls mean?
Brass balls means shamelessness, cheek, brazenness.
What part of speech is brass balls?
Brass balls is a noun.

Words near brass balls in the dictionary

  1. brasque
  2. brasques
  3. brass
  4. brass ankle
  5. brass ankles
  6. brass balls
  7. brass band
  8. brass bands
  9. brass button
  10. brass catcher
  11. brass catchers

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