ball-breaker
noun
ball-break·er
variants or less commonly ball breaker
plural ball-breakers also ball breakers
1
: skull cracker
2
informal + sometimes offensive : ballbuster
When he was sober, he was an okay guy, but when he'd had a few too many Pabst Blue Ribbons, he was a major ball breaker.
James O. Born, Field of Fire, 2007
James O. Born, Field of Fire, 2007
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1906, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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- imperia
- imperial
- Imperial Beach
- imperial blue
- imperial bushel
- imperial city
- imperial crown
- imperial crown of state
- friendly fire
- friendly society
- friendly with
- friends
- friends in high places
- Friendsgiving
- friendsgivings
- friendship
- Friendship sloop
- friendships
- Friendswood
- frier
- friers
- fries
- Fries reaction
- Friesian