ballin'

adjective

Having an ostentatiously wealthy lifestyle.

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Meanings

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  1. Multicultural London Englishnot comparableslangAfrican-American VernacularHaving an ostentatiously wealthy lifestyle.

    My niggas is ballin' / You niggas is hatin' / Cameras everywhere I go.

    2011, Meek Mill [Robert Williams], “I'm Me”, in Dreamchasers
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    Now this niggah home and gettin' it, rockin the new tinted-out Q45, new kicks and throwbacks every day, draped in jewels. The niggah was ballin'.

    2007, Edd McNair, Turning Point

Origin

Pronunciation spelling of balling. From basketballing, from basketball (referring to the high pay of professional basketballers).

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APA

ballin'. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballin'

MLA

“ballin'.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballin'. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballin',” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballin'.

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