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balling out

balling out is the present participle and gerund of ball out.

Meaning of ball out

Verb (1)

ball out (third-person singular simple present balls out, present participle balling out, simple past and past participle balled out)

  1. (slang) To play or perform extremely well.
    • The Lakers were behind the whole game until they started balling out in the last quarter.

Verb (2)

ball out (third-person singular simple present balls out, present participle balling out, simple past and past participle balled out)

  1. (slang) To spend extravagant amounts of money (especially at a casino or nightclub); to act as a baller.
    • I'm not going to tell you how much I lost last night—let's just say I balled out.

Verb (3)

ball out (third-person singular simple present balls out, present participle balling out, simple past and past participle balled out)

  1. (transitive) To move a plant with its rootball attached.

Verb (4)

ball out (third-person singular simple present balls out, present participle balling out, simple past and past participle balled out)

  1. (transitive) To plug a hole using a ball sealer.

Questions about balling out

What is balling out the present participle and gerund of?
Balling out is the present participle and gerund of ball out.

Words near balling out in the dictionary

  1. balling down
  2. balling gun
  3. balling guns
  4. balling it off
  5. balling off
  6. balling out
  7. Balling scale
  8. balling up
  9. balling-iron
  10. balling-irons
  11. Ballingarrane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: balling out (page history and authors); ball out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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