BALLER Definition & Meaning

baller

[baw-ler]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Slang.��Also balla
1. a successful person who has or earns a lot of money and lives a lavish, flashy, or extravagant lifestyle.
  I busted out my newly tailored suit and rolled in there like a baller, or at least I tried my best to.
  He’s a real baller now, upgrading from a bachelor pad to a penthouse.
2. someone who is proficient at playing ball, especially basketball.
  She'll be taking her talents, as a baller and a student, to Davidson College this fall.
a tool that makes, scoops, or winds things into balls (used in combination).
Using a melon baller, scoop out the inside of the apples, taking care to create a shell of even thickness.
Just for kicks, they balled socks in a mechanical sock baller and shot them across the room.

adjective

Slang.��Also balla great or excellent, especially in a flashy or stylish way.
I'd never been inside that club before, and the place is baller—it’s going to blow you away.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of baller¹

First recorded in 1580–90, ball ¹ ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. ) (in general sense “ball player”); in 1825–35 baller for def. 2, ball ¹ ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. ) (in sense “tool or scoop”); in 1985–90 baller for def. 1b, shortening of (basket)ball ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. ); in 1990–95 baller for def. 3, in adjective sense “great, excellent”; perhaps from ball ¹ ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. ), or from ball ² ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. ), the spelling balla representing an African-American Vernacular pronunciation

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Seema’s clothing, she says, is meant to scream “baller” from the moment she steps out of her Mercedes.

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"Aggie Beever-Jones is a baller," was also Bardsley's statement at full-time as she lauded the matchwinner.

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Germany, meanwhile, have been hoping to reverse their 15-year losing streak with Baller, a super-catchy trance anthem that wouldn't sound out of place at Berlin superclub Berghain.

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With its celebrity managers, high-tempo matches and slick production, Baller League could bridge the gap between sport and entertainment one player says - even if some of the new rules are "nonsense".

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Baller League, which started in Germany in 2023 before expanding to the UK this year, sees a mix of former pros, released academy players, free agents and influencers competing on smaller indoor pitches.

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balled-and-burlapped ballerina

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