baller
Meanings
noun
- A kitchenware utensil for cutting ball-shaped pieces of foods.
- A person employed to divide molten metal into separate balls before it is hammered out.
- One who plays basketball (US) or association football (UK).
- One who has swag and lives an extravagant lifestyle.
- A person having sex.
- Ellipsis of baller band, a silicone rubber wristband, originating as a basketball sports wristband.
adj
- Very cool, especially due to extravagance.
name
- A surname from German.
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Etymology
From ball + -er. The sense referring to extravagance comes from NBA b-ballers being wealthy.
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