"balls around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ballses around [present, singular, third-person], ballsing around [participle, present], ballsed around [participle, past], ballsed around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} balls around (third-person singular simple present ballses around, present participle ballsing around, simple past and past participle ballsed around)
  1. Alternative form of balls about Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: balls about
    Sense id: en-balls_around-en-verb-8nJUxvag Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around"

Inflected forms

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