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
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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
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Beyond the numbers, Skattebo has become an instant cult figure as a cross between two ballers from the Eli and Tom Coughlin era.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Of course, title notwithstanding, this opener is as gleeful as the rest of the record, as Swift sings about being rescued from a descent into Shakespearian madness by her happy-go-lucky baller.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
So the Aggies coach last winter gladly looked into a Harvard defensive anchor Jacob Psyk, because who can turn down a scholar and a baller who can boost your program?
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Ulysses Bonaventura is a baller name!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Beyond the numbers, Skattebo has become an instant cult figure as a cross between two ballers from the Eli and Tom Coughlin era.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Of course, title notwithstanding, this opener is as gleeful as the rest of the record, as Swift sings about being rescued from a descent into Shakespearian madness by her happy-go-lucky baller.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
So the Aggies coach last winter gladly looked into a Harvard defensive anchor Jacob Psyk, because who can turn down a scholar and a baller who can boost your program?
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Baller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baller. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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