baller
baller Lexical Profile
baller Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American A person who lives an extravagant, wealthy lifestyle and spends money lavishly, often having risen from humble beginnings.
"After selling his tech startup, he started living like a true baller in a penthouse apartment."
North American A skilled player of a ball game, especially basketball.
"The local park is always packed with young ballers practicing their jump shots until sunset."
A kitchen utensil with a small hemispherical scoop used for cutting round balls out of soft foods such as melon or butter.
"She used a metal baller to scoop bite-sized spheres of cantaloupe and honeydew for the fruit salad."
• adjective
North American Extravagant, impressive, or cool, especially in a way that displays wealth, confidence, or high status.
"Renting a private yacht for the weekend was a pretty baller move."
• Rhymes for baller
Word Origin & Etymology
Originally emerging in 1980s and 1990s African American Vernacular English and hip-hop culture as a term for a skilled street basketball player, the word later expanded to describe anyone who achieves lavish financial success.