ballin'

See also: Ballin and ballin

English

Etymology

Clipping of balling. From basketballing, from basketball (referring to the high play of professional basketballers).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ballin' (not comparable)

1. (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) Having an ostentatiously wealthy lifestyle.
   • 2007, Edd McNair, Turning Point:

     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'.

   • 2011, Meek Mill [Robert Williams] (lyrics and music), “I'm Me”, in Dreamchasers:

     My niggas is ballin' / You niggas is hatin' / Cameras everywhere I go.

Related terms

• ball
• baller
• balling