tullball

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • toillbaill, toilljbaillj (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuʎ.baʎ/

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

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