ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Balls-out

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Balls-out is an adjective meaning (US, idiomatic, slang) Extreme; extremely great.

Meaning

(US, idiomatic, slang) Extreme; extremely great.

More Meanings

  1. Descriptive of the use of a centrifugal governor at maximum speed, corresponding to full throttle.
  2. (US, idiomatic, slang) With great abandon.
  3. (US, idiomatic, slang) At the fastest possible speed.

Example Sentences

He's making a balls-out run for Motor City by nightfall.
When you're popping babies via multiple partners, the “harem drama” is intense. As one strand of the pronatalist orthodoxy, [Elon] Musk's is very much a balls-out approach.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include full-on, over the top, extreme, extravagant, all-fired, extra.

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