baller

plural ballers · alternative balla

1. A kitchenware utensil for cutting ball-shaped pieces of foods.

   fruit baller

2. A person employed to divide molten metal into separate balls before it is hammered out.
3. slanghobbiesOne who plays basketball (US) or association football (UK).

   I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller.

   1995, Skee-Lo, “I Wish”

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   I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers, not just ballers and rappers.

   2009 July 17, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Obama Tells Fellow Blacks: ‘No Excuses’ for Any Failure”, in New York Times

4. slangAfrican-American VernacularOne who has swag and lives an extravagant lifestyle.

   Did you see that car? He’s such a baller.

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   Now… what y'all wanna do? / Wanna be ballers? Shot-callers? Brawlers?

   1997, “It's All About the Benjamins”, in No Way Out, performed by Puff Daddy ft. Lil' Kim, the Lox, and The Notorious B.I.G.

   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

   2004, Amy Winehouse, Salaam Remi, “Fuck Me Pumps”, in Frank, performed by Amy Winehouse

5. vulgarA person having sex.

   Synonyms: bedder, consummator, copulator, fucker, humper, intercourser, lovemaker, lover

6. PhilippinesabbreviationcolloquialellipsisfashionEllipsis of baller band, a silicone rubber wristband, originating as a basketball sports wristband.

comparative more baller · superlative most baller · alternative balla

1. slangAfrican-American VernacularVery cool, especially due to extravagance.

   (Being an OG is not as baller as you'd think.)

   2014, Kele Moon, The Viper, →ISBN

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   All you baller playa's got some insecurities too / That you could cover up, bling it up, cash in and cha-ching it up

   2004, “Black Stacey”, in Saul Williams, performed by Saul Williams

   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?

   2015 December 11, Viputheshwar Sitaraman, “Q&A: Mahbod Moghadam — Cofounder, Everipedia”, in HuffPost

   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.

   2016, Andy Cohen, Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries, →ISBN

plural Ballers

1. A surname from German.