adjective

• elite; COOL. "Hacker code," in which 1 is "L", 3 is "E", and 7 is "T".

  Man, that's one 1337 computer!

  by Matthew B., Charleston, WV, USA, Feb 13 2002.

adjective

• the best.

  That new CD is so A-1!

  by Nicole, AR, USA, Jul 21 1998.

adjective

• all right; OKAY, YES.

  Come on man, everything's gonna be aight!

  Speaker: Do you want to go see a movie?
  
  Response: Aight.

  I'm going to the movies, aight?

  That movie was aight, but I liked the other one better.

  by Deb Smith, Charlotte, NC, USA, Aug 18 1998.

verb

• to be okay; not a big concern. "Thing" and "wing" are typically pronounced "thang" and "wang" respectively.

  To me it ain't no thing but a chicken wing.

  by John S., Missouri, USA, Jun 21 1999.

adjective

• in functioning order or at a level of acceptability; FINE. Also abbreviated A.G.

  Don't worry, man. It's all good.

  This car is all good.

  Speaker: How is everything with you and Susan?
  
  Response: A.G., my friend.

  by Kevin K., State College, PA, USA, Aug 18 2002.

adjective

• superior, as good as it gets. Occasionally used with the suffix "all that and a bag of chips." Some speakers use bags of other things, e.g. "all that and a bag of Skittles," as a play on the bag of chips.

  She thinks she's all that.

  He's all that and a bag of chips!

  by Tony Wentz, OH, USA, Jun 18 1997.

adjective

• sane. Note: usually used in the negative.

  He's arguing with himself! He can't be all-there.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Dec 29 1996.

adjective

• very good, excellent; COOL, AWESOME.

  That shirt is so alvo!

  by Jeff Plemons, Milwaukee, WI, USA, Nov 22 1997.

adjective

• COOL; AWESOME; SWEET.

  Dude, his new skateboard is so amped!

  by Mike C., Lewisburg, PA, USA, Jan 12 2002.

• excited; enthusiastic.

  Dude, I'm so amped that the concert is this weekend!

  It's been a rough week but we're going skiing Saturday, I am so amped!

  by SingedCat, Portland, ME, USA, Apr 30 2002.

• the quality of something that excites, is exciting, or is energetic.

  That club is amped!

  by Mark Ashby, Oklahoma City, OK, USA, Sep 06 2002.

• angry or upset.

  Damn, he was amped!

  by Dave Z., Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, Dec 03 2002.

• under the influence of stimulants, e.g. cocaine or methamphetamines.

  Dude, I'm totally amped right now.

  by Chris H., Los Angeles, CA, USA, Sep 30 2005.

notes

• Also amped up. See also amped up for an additional definition which cannot be used with "amped."

  by Anonymous, Jul 24 2007.

adjective

• very good, excellent.

  That's an awesome ride.

  by Anonymous, TX, USA, Jun 11 1997.

noun

• acronym of "bad-ass."

  He is a B.A. at guitar.

  by Dave, TN, USA, Jan 30 2000.

adjective

• very good, excellent; COOL, AWESOME.

  by Michael Cassell, Sacramento, CA, USA, Apr 25 1997.

noun

• mistake. See my bad.

  My bad.

  by Spike Garcia, Berkeley, CA, USA, Feb 24 2003.

adjective

• a tough person or rebel.

  You are such a bad ass!

  I wouldn't mess with her: I heard she's a real bad-ass.

  by Colin, British Columbia, Canada, Feb 16 1998.

• very good, excellent; COOL, AWESOME.

  That was a bad-ass concert.

  That car is so bad-ass.

  by Rob, Richmond, VA, USA, Dec 05 1999.

• skilled.

  He's a bad-ass guitar player.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Jul 11 2007.

adjective

• out of luck; having failed or lost.

  Speaker A: Did you get the job?
  
  Speaker B: No, I'm balls.

  We're balls. Balls!!

  by james s., NJ, USA, Jun 08 1999.

adverb

• very; extremely. Also balls-ass.

  It is balls cold out here.

  I'm balls tired.

  by James O, Bluefield, WV, USA, Apr 29 1999.

interjection

• exclamation of disappointment.

  Oh balls!

  by John V., Feb 04 1999.

noun

• testicles.

  The baseball hit him right in the balls.

  by Mia X, Nov 05 1999.

• bravado, courage; GUTS. In this sense, "balls" still means "testicles," but "having balls" implies bravado. Having large "balls" or many "balls" implies even more bravado. (The "having testicles" = "bravado" relationship exists in other languages, e.g. "tener cojones" in Spanish.)

  You've got balls to do something like that!

  That dude must have enormous balls!

  You've got a lot of balls showing your face in here.

  by Avalon D., Chicago, IL, USA, Sep 18 2002.

notes

• See ball; baller

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 12 2009.

adjective

• extreme.

  That was one balls-out street race!

  by Brad W., Portland, OR, USA, Feb 03 2003.

adverb

• with reckless abandon and extreme courage; HEAD-LONG; WITH A FULL HEAD OF STEAM; GIVING IT ONE'S ALL.

  Those motorcyclists took that steep hill balls out!

  You just have to go balls out to win this game.

  by Jon L., Naples, FL, USA, May 22 1999.

notes

• also balls to the wall.

  by Alan H., New York, NY, USA, Jul 31 1998.

• Possible etymology: The original phrase is actually hinted to in the expression "with a full head of steam". In the earliest days of steam engines, Watt style engines and their successors used a centrifugal governor to control speed. The faster the engine was to run the higher the weighted balls on the governor would rise until at full speed they were at their highest and farthest reach from the center: high or full speed was known as running "balls out".

  by tg, Georgia, USA, Feb 29 2008.

adjective

• brave. See balls.

  That was one ballsy move.

  by Avalon D., Chicago, IL, USA, Sep 18 2002.

intransitive verb

• to be very good; BE AWESOME.

  You should go to that new restaurant. Their pasta fazoule is banging!

  That concert was banging.

  by Mara, San Jose, CA, USA, May 18 1999.

• to be stylish.

  That gear is banging.

  Her outfit is bangin'!

  by Tina, Virginia, USA, Nov 04 1999.

• to be very attractive.

  She was banging at that party!

  by Molly, PA, USA, Nov 30 1999.

• to be in a street gang. Short for "gang bang."

  Do you bang?

  He's bad news -- out banging with them felons.

  by Derek D., Astoria, NY, USA, Jan 18 2000.

• to hang out.

  I was banging with my peeps.

  by Chelsea N., Champaign, IL 61821, USA, Jan 31 2005.

transitive verb

• to have sexual intercourse with. Implies a lack of romance.

  I banged that girl I took home from the bar last night!

  by Lyndsey M., Edson, AB, Canada, Jun 11 1998.

• to make a change in direction, when driving.

  Just bang a quick left here.

  Bang a right at the stop sign.

  We passed it, so you'll have to bang a U-turn.

  by Kendall, MA, USA, Nov 09 1999.

• to stimulate the vagina with one's fingers.

  I banged that girl I took home from the bar last night!

  by Jared F., Lethbridge, AB, Canada, Oct 15 2001.

• to steal.

  He still bangs cars.

  by Amanda H., Honolulu, HI, USA, Apr 07 2004.