plural ballers
1
: an implement for shaping food into a ball or removing a core
a melon baller
2
US, informal
a
: an athlete who plays a sport that involves the use of a ball
especially
: a basketball player
In '98, Kobe represented again as the youngest baller in history to play in an NBA All-Star game. —
Bobbito Garcia
Bobbito Garcia
b
: a wealthy and successful person who lives lavishly
The next day he received a stack of cards listing his name and a new title: Baller. That is hip hop for … a big shot.—Amanda Schupak
Amanda Schupak
informal
: excellent, exciting, or extraordinary especially in a way that is suggestive of a lavish lifestyle
… gangster films, unsurprisingly, offer up some of the finest examples of watches that offer no functions other than to look totally baller …—Alfred Tong
Alfred TongFor the Law Firm of Gary, Williams, Lewis, and Watson, P.I., "low-budget" is a concept that just doesn't exist. To the contrary, the firm wants to make it clear just how baller the life of a private injury attorney can be.—Natasha Lydon
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The baller wanted to memorialize his former Texas Tech football coach, the late Mike Leach.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
The baller did so to cover up the Reebok logo on his jacket, in a nod to his strong and enduring partnership with Nike.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
With his entourage of ballers and video vixens, his retinue of security, his talent for curation, Puff was the ringmaster of relevancy, the pied piper of fun and the force at the very center of cultural power.
—Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Many lament that the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or is now comprised of players who aren't mavericks or 'ballers' but stars whose genius is excelling or dominating a particular system.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The baller wanted to memorialize his former Texas Tech football coach, the late Mike Leach.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
The baller did so to cover up the Reebok logo on his jacket, in a nod to his strong and enduring partnership with Nike.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
With his entourage of ballers and video vixens, his retinue of security, his talent for curation, Puff was the ringmaster of relevancy, the pied piper of fun and the force at the very center of cultural power.
—Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Baller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baller. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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