tullball

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

toillbaill, toilljbaillj (non-standard dialectal spelling of this word)

Etymology

From tull (“nonsense”) +‎ ball (“ball”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuʎ.baʎ/

Noun

tullball m (definite singular tullballen, indefinite plural tullballar, definite plural tullballane)

(dialectal, Northern Norway, Trøndelag) a fool, a weird person (often not offensive)

Synonyms

galning
gælen
raring
sinnssjuk (more serious, offensive)
skrue
snåling
tulling
tullkuk (offensive)
vanvettig (serious, somewhat offensive)
vansinnig (serious, somewhat offensive)

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