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baller¹

  • /ˈbɔːlɚ/

Rhymes with -ɔːlɚ

Where it comes from

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

noun ballers · balla

  1. A kitchenware utensil for cutting ball-shaped pieces of foods. fruit baller
  2. A person employed to divide molten metal into separate balls before it is hammered out.
  3. slang One who plays basketball (US) or association football (UK). I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller.
  4. slang One who has swag and lives an extravagant lifestyle. Did you see that car? He’s such a baller.
  5. vulgar A person having sex.

    Similar: baller, bedder, consummator, copulator, fucker, humper, intercourser, lovemaker, lover, shagger

  6. Philippines, abbreviation, colloquial, ellipsis Ellipsis of baller band, a silicone rubber wristband, originating as a basketball sports wristband.

adjective more baller · most baller · balla

  1. slang Very cool, especially due to extravagance. All you baller playa's got some insecurities too / That you could cover up, bling it up, cash in and cha-ching it up

Baller²

Where it comes from

A variant of the English surname Ball, with a suffix -er. Also borrowed from German Baller.

proper noun Ballers

  1. A surname from German.

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"baller." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/baller. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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baller. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/baller

Chicago

"baller." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/baller.

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@misc{baller_2026,
  title = {baller},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baller},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}