Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural The testicles.
  • noun plural Boldness or courage.
  • noun plural Presumptuousness; nerve.

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  • noun slang testicles
  • noun slang balls, bollocks, courage, machismo, chutzpah

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish, pl. of cojón, testicle, from Vulgar Latin *cōleō, cōleōn-, from Latin cōleī, testicles.]

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Borrowing from Spanish cojones, plural of cojón ("testicle"), from Vulgar Latin *coleonem, accusative of coleo ("testicle"), from cōleus ("sack, scrotum").

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  • I have been told there is a Mexican restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio called C O Jones. I wonder if they serve 'rocky mountain' oysters.

    April 15, 2009