baller
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ˈbɔːlɚ/
Definition of baller
8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A kitchenware utensil for cutting ball-shaped pieces of foods.
“fruit baller”
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noun
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A kitchenware utensil for cutting ball-shaped pieces of foods.
“fruit baller”
- A person employed to divide molten metal into separate balls before it is hammered out.
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(slang)One who plays basketball (US) or association football (UK).
“I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller.”
“I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers, not just ballers and rappers.”
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(slang)One who has swag and lives an extravagant lifestyle.
“Did you see that car? He’s such a baller.”
“Now… what y'all wanna do? / Wanna be ballers? Shot-callers? Brawlers?”
“But you really wouldn't mind a millionaire / All them big ballers / Don't do nothing for ya / But you'd love a rich man six-foot-two or taller”
- (vulgar)A person having sex.
- (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis)Ellipsis of baller band, a silicone rubber wristband, originating as a basketball sports wristband.
adj
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(slang)Very cool, especially due to extravagance.
“All you baller playa's got some insecurities too / That you could cover up, bling it up, cash in and cha-ching it up”
“(Being an OG is not as baller as you'd think.)”
“The most baller Los Angeles investor, Paige Craig, doesn’t have a Wikipedia page, but you can find out everything about him on his Everipedia page. Are you going to be pitching him?”
“Had dinner with the Arkins at Giuliana's restaurant, RPM, which is like a nightclub. They put a security guard in front of our booth, which felt very baller.”
name
- A surname from German.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From ball + -er. The sense referring to extravagance comes from NBA b-ballers being wealthy.
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