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baller

[ baw-ler ]

noun

  1. Also ball·a []. Slang.
    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.

  2. 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

  1. Also ball·a []. Slang. 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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Word 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 fordef 2, ball 1( def ) + -er 1( def ) (in sense “tool or scoop”); in 1985–90 baller fordef 1b, shortening of (basket)ball ( def ) + -er 1( def ); in 1990–95 baller fordef 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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Example Sentences

“Taylor’s a baller,” running back J.K.

“We all knew that he’s a baller. He’s always been a baller. It’s just about that luck piece. He’s been preparing. He’s been a warrior.”

When she later walked into the postgame news conference, she bore the swaggering smile of a baller.

NBA guards LaMelo and Lonzo Ball, and their parents, LaVar and Tina, are among the defendants in a pair of lawsuits by Big Baller Brand co-founder Alan Foster.

LaVar launched the Big Baller Brand of merchandise and a family reality show on Facebook.

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