Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, idiomatic, vulgar)A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing.

    My slave-driving boss expects me to work over the weekend. What a ball-breaker!

    a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From ball + breaker.

From ball + breaker.

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Forms

plural: ball-breakers

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing:ball-buster
  • a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence:ball-buster

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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