"ball-bust" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ball-bust.wav Forms: ball-busts [present, singular, third-person], ball-busting [participle, present], ball-busted [participle, past], ball-busted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ball-bust (third-person singular simple present ball-busts, present participle ball-busting, simple past and past participle ball-busted)
  1. (slang) To attack or harm the testicles of; to engage in ballbusting. Tags: slang Categories (topical): BDSM
    Sense id: en-ball-bust-en-verb-iGFsJNRG Disambiguation of BDSM: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. (slang) To tease or torment. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-ball-bust-en-verb-nQHiIjRB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ballbust

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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