Definition of BALLER

baller

Plural: ballers

Noun

  • Slang for a skilled and successful person.
  • 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.

Examples

  • Did you see that car? He’s such a baller.
  • fruit baller
  • Playing a bingo with a Q and Z makes you a true Scrabble baller.

Origin / Etymology

From ball + -er. The sense referring to extravagance comes from NBA b-ballers being wealthy.

Scrabble Score: 8

baller: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
baller: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
baller: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

baller: valid Words With Friends Word