baller

[ baw-ler ]

noun

Also ball·a [baw-luh] /ˈbɔ lə/ .Slang.
- a successful person who has or earns a lot of money and lives a lavish, flashy, or extravagant lifestyle: I busted out my newly tailored suit and rolled in there like a baller, or at least I tried my best to.He’s a real baller now, upgrading from a bachelor pad to a penthouse.
- someone who is proficient at playing ball, especially basketball:She'll be taking her talents, as a baller and a student, to Davidson College this fall.
a tool that makes, scoops, or winds things into balls (used in combination): Using a melon baller, scoop out the inside of the apples, taking care to create a shell of even thickness. Just for kicks, they balled socks in a mechanical sock baller and shot them across the room.

adjective

Also ball·a [baw-luh] /ˈbɔ lə/ .Slang. great or excellent, especially in a flashy or stylish way: I'd never been inside that club before, and the place is baller—it’s going to blow you away.

Origin of baller

First recorded in 1580–90, ball¹ + -er¹ (in general sense “ball player”); in 1825–35 for def. 2, ball¹ + -er¹ (in sense “tool or scoop”); in 1985–90 for def. 1b, shortening of (basket)ball + -er¹; in 1990–95 for def. 3, in adjective sense “great, excellent”; perhaps from ball¹ + -er¹, or from ball² + -er¹, the spelling balla representing an African-American Vernacular pronunciation

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In the baller the iron is very soon made into a ball without manual aid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 | Various
The baller is a bulging cylinder having hollow trunnions through which the flame passes.
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Mr. baller, a florist of Bloomington, said that of late the demand for plants had fallen off.
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He reminded me of a young man who was on the varsity eleven—foot-baller—when I entered my freshman year.
The Carpet from Bagdad | Harold MacGrath

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