"ballsy" meaning in English

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        "(vulgar, colloquial) Tough and courageous; having balls."
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "having balls",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "collonut"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "having balls",
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          "word": "collonuda"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having balls",
          "word": "rohkea"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having balls",
          "word": "röyhkeä"
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          "sense": "having balls",
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          "word": "couillu"
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          "sense": "having balls",
          "word": "burné"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having balls",
          "word": "mutig"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having balls",
          "word": "draufgängerisch"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having balls",
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          "sense": "having balls",
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          "word": "cazzuto"
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          "sense": "having balls",
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          "word": "coios"
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          "sense": "having balls",
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          "sense": "having balls",
          "word": "corajudo"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having balls",
          "word": "cojonudo"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having balls",
          "word": "taşaklı"
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      "sense": "having balls",
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      "sense": "having balls",
      "word": "burné"
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      "sense": "having balls",
      "word": "mutig"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "having balls",
      "word": "draufgängerisch"
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      "sense": "having balls",
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      "sense": "having balls",
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      "word": "cazzuto"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having balls",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having balls",
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      "word": "tupeist"
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      "sense": "having balls",
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      "sense": "having balls",
      "word": "corajudo"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having balls",
      "word": "cojonudo"
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      "sense": "having balls",
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