balls-out
English
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Adjective
The metal balls of a centrifugal governor are pushed apart to a degree depending on the speed of a rotating shaft, providing negative feedback to the throttle
balls-out (not comparable)
- (US, idiomatic, slang) Extreme, extremely great
Adverb
balls-out (not comparable)
- Descriptive of the use of a centrifugal governor at maximum speed.
- (US, idiomatic, slang) With great abandon.
- (US, idiomatic, slang) At the fastest possible speed.
Anagrams
- out balls