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koule — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  • balls noun Courage and boldness; nerve.
  • gonad noun A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
  • nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
  • orb noun A sphere or spherical object, especially something described poetically — a planet, star, or globe.
  • shot noun The firing of a gun, or the result of firing it.
  • sphere noun A perfectly round, three-dimensional shape, like a ball.

Senses

koule is used for these senses in English:

  • ball A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
  • balls (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
  • gonad (slang, mostly, in the plural) A testicle.
  • nut (vulgar, slang, chiefly plural) A testicle, often used in the plural form.
  • orb A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
  • shot (countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
  • sphere An object which appears to be bounded by a sphere; a round object, a ball. [from 14th c.]
  • sphere (figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. [from 17th c.]

ball — full definition

  1. noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  2. noun A large, formal social gathering for dancing.
  3. verb To form or roll something into a round shape.

balls — full definition

  1. noun Courage and boldness; nerve.
  2. noun Nonsense (used as an exclamation or dismissal).

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