testicle
A testis: the male sex and endocrine gland, found in most types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.
Other meanings
Either half of the structure that contains the testes: one side of the scrotum and its contents, considered as one object (one half of the ballsack, including its ball).
Synonyms
- ball
- nut
- egg
A kind of
- male reproductive gland
Related words
- breasticle
- chesticle
- neuticles
- have the world by the testicles
- testicled
- testicular
- testiclectomy
- testicleless
- testiculo-
- trans-testicle
- untesticled
- chesticles
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "testiculus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “testicle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.