BALLER Definition & Meaning

baller

[ baw-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also ��·�� []. 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.
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

Also ��·�� []. 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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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 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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Who knew Finney-Smith would be such a baller?

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The Times was unable to reach Ball for comment, and his company, Big Baller Brand, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Three weeks ago, Big Baller Brand posted a video of Ball lounging on a couch while watching the “Tweaker” music video, which features all three of his sons.

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“I feel like every guy in our defense is a baller. I feel like they should be recognized for it.”

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“He’s a baller,” Oxnard Pacifica quarterback Dominic Duran said of the 5-foot-8, 150-pound sophomore.

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