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
Natasha LydonExamples of baller in a Sentence
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
Salmon carpaccio is great for light eaters, for example, while the big baller brunch, with its 42-ounce tomahawk ribeye, waffles, eggs and hashbrowns, is bachelor party worthy.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2025
Both ballers slammed Thompson’s recent performance and somehow found a way to blame Megan Thee Stallion for it.
—Essence, 14 Nov. 2025
To be a baller was the height of cool.
—Dan Beck, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
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Noun
For now, Johnson is used to being the undersized baller on the court.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
Salmon carpaccio is great for light eaters, for example, while the big baller brunch, with its 42-ounce tomahawk ribeye, waffles, eggs and hashbrowns, is bachelor party worthy.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2025
Both ballers slammed Thompson’s recent performance and somehow found a way to blame Megan Thee Stallion for it.
—Essence, 14 Nov. 2025
To be a baller was the height of cool.
—Dan Beck, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for baller
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“Baller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baller. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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