Meaning & use
amazing balls
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Meanings
nounpluraltrademarkinformal
Small plastic balls used to soften laundry and reduce drying time in a tumble dryer.
Grammar: Usually used in the plural with a determiner: put the amazing balls in the dryer.
Patterns
- use amazing balls
- put amazing balls in the dryer
She added amazing balls to the dryer to cut down the drying time.
These amazing balls are supposed to soften towels without any fabric softener.
The amazing balls rattled around in the dryer all afternoon.
nounpluralinformalhumorous
An informal, joking way to say something is extremely impressive, as a playful phrase rather than a real object.
Grammar: Used as a humorous exclamation or description, not as a literal object: That trick was amazing balls.
Patterns
- be amazing balls
- That was amazing balls
That goal in the last minute was amazing balls.
Her new song is amazing balls, honestly.
Common combinations
- put amazing balls in the dryer
- Just put amazing balls in the dryer and your clothes will dry faster.
- amazing balls for laundry
- The store sells amazing balls for laundry at a low price.
- a set of amazing balls
- He bought a set of amazing balls to use with every load.
Synonyms and how they differ
- dryer balls
- The ordinary descriptive term most people use; 'amazing balls' is a brand-style name.
- fabric softener
- A liquid or sheet product with a similar softening purpose, but not a ball.
Word family
Commonly confused: amazing balls or amaze-balls?
amazing balls vs amaze-balls
'Amaze-balls' is slang meaning 'excellent'; 'amazing balls' usually means actual laundry balls or is a playful phrase.
Practice
In everyday use, what are 'amazing balls' most likely to be?
Choose one answer.
The common real-world use is laundry balls placed in a dryer. The other options describe unrelated objects that the name does not normally refer to.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “amazing balls”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.