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ballin'

ballin' adjective: having an ostentatiously wealthy lifestyle.

Adjective

ballin' (not comparable)

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, African-American Vernacular) Having an ostentatiously wealthy lifestyle.
    • Now this niggah home and gettin' it, rockin the new tinted-out Q45, new kicks and throwbacks every day, draped in jewels. The niggah was ballin'.2007, Edd McNair, Turning Point
    • My niggas is ballin' / You niggas is hatin' / Cameras everywhere I go.2011, Meek Mill [Robert Williams], “I'm Me”, in Dreamchasers

Origin of ballin'

Pronunciation spelling of balling. From basketballing, from basketball (referring to the high pay of professional basketballers).

Questions about ballin'

What does ballin' mean?
Ballin' means having an ostentatiously wealthy lifestyle.
What part of speech is ballin'?
Ballin' is an adjective.

Words near ballin' in the dictionary

  1. Balliet
  2. Balliets
  3. Balliett
  4. Ballimore
  5. Ballin
  6. ballin'
  7. ballin' the jack
  8. Ballina
  9. Ballinalee
  10. Ballinamore
  11. Ballinascarthy

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