balls around

balls around

1. rude slang To waste time being idle in some place or engaged in some trivial activity. We had a few hours to kill before our flight, so we ballsed around downtown Manhattan. I've been ballsing around trying to get this old ham radio working.
2. rude slang To waste someone's time with evasive, misleading, or incompetent words or actions. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "balls" and "around." I thought I'd have my computer back by now, but the repair shop has been ballsing me around all week. Good luck getting your refund anytime soon. They are notorious for ballsing around their customers once they've got your money.
See also: around, ball
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • run in circles
  • footle away (something)
  • move (the) deckchairs on the Titanic
  • rearrange (the) deckchairs on the Titanic
  • rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic
  • shift (the) deckchairs on the Titanic
  • be like rearranging (the) deckchairs on the Titanic
  • deckchairs
  • relegate
  • relegate to