noun

• a great time. Also have a ball.

  That party was a ball!

  Man, why did we have to leave so early? I was having a ball!

  by John V., Feb 04 1999.

• testicle. Usually used in the plural form balls.

  Ow! You just hit my ball!

  by Mia X, Nov 05 1999.

• shortened form of "eight ball" - an eighth of an ounce of an illegal drug.

  Could I get a ball?

  by "mookie m., Aug 19 2002.

verb

• to be successful. Typically used to refer to men, and often implies an abundance of money, women, nice clothes, expensive cars, etc. Also big balling.

  He's a baller.

  You know that's a baller; he keeps three or four females at all times.

  I'm big ballin' now.

  by Jose M., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, Jun 29 1998.

• to have intercourse.

  Hey baby, let's ball.

  They were balling in the back room.

  If I put a sock on the doorknob, don't come in: it means I'm going to ball my girlfriend.

  by Gerry M., Toronto, ON, Canada, Jan 21 1999.

• to be generally cool.

  I'm ballin' out of control tonight.

  by Brian C., Waco, TX, USA, Aug 18 2002.

• to sell crack cocaine.

  by "mookie m., Aug 19 2002.

• to be or act as a baller.

  by Joan G., Feb 19 2005.

• to play basketball.

  I was balling with some friends yesterday.

  by Anonymous, Jul 30 2007.

noun

• One who balls.

  He's a baller.

  by Jose M., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, Jun 29 1998.

• someone who is really good at a ball game, especially basketball.

  I'm the best baller this town has ever seen.

  Jimmy is a baller.

  by John P., Provo, UT, USA, Apr 04 2002.

notes

• Always pronounced "balla." The trailing "r" is never pronounced.

  by Anonymous, Jul 26 2007.

notes

• See ball; baller

  by Anonymous, Jan 04 2003.

• a large cellphone.

  by WalterGR, Sep 21 2009.

adjective

• very cold. Usually only used to describe the temperature of a place, e.g. the weather or indoors in a particular location.

  It's brick outside today.

  by Meeka B., Harlem, NY, USA, Mar 23 1999.

noun

• an unintelligent person. Derived from "dumb as a brick."

  That kid is such a brick!

  by tim g., Duluth, MN, USA, May 15 2002.

• a basketball shot in which the ball bounces off the backboard and/or hits the rim, but does not go though the net.

  He keeps on hitting bricks.

  Brick!

  by Fox, Queens, NY, USA, Jan 27 2003.

• a large quantity of drugs packaged in a brick shape, especially cocaine.

  I'm gonna buy some bricks tonight.

  by Terry S., Long Island City, NY, USA, Mar 08 2003.

• an external power transformer of the kind associated with laptops, modems, routers and other small computing appliances, especially one of the modern type with cords on both ends, as opposed to the type that plug directly into an outlet.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• a piece of electronic or computer equipment that has been rendered unusable. Especially used to describe what happens to devices like routers or PDAs during a firmware update when the firmware image is damaged or power is lost. This term usually implies irreversibility, but equipment can sometimes be "unbricked."

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

transitive verb

• to hit with bricks.

  James's car got bricked last night.

  by Key, Mar 21 2006.

• to render a (usually portable) electronic device unusable - i.e. as useful as a brick.

  I bricked my iPhone trying to jailbreak it.

  by WalterGR, Aug 03 2009.

noun

• any football player who played for the Florida State University football team (the Seminoles) and was convicted of a crime.

  by Reanna, Nov 29 2001.

noun

• an untalented professional.

  He's just some consulting hack.

  by Ed, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Nov 10 1999.

• a cough.

  That's quite a hack you've got there.

  by Amie, Mar 23 2002.

• an untalented golfer.

  He is not a good golfer, he is a hack.

  by George G., Târgovişte, Romania, Aug 19 2002.

• a quick job that solves a problem, but not well.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

verb

• to play with a Hackysack (footbag.)

  You got the Hackysack? Let's go hack.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• to tolerate.

  I can't hack this.

  by Nimesh P., UK, Feb 05 2002.

• to cough.

  Don't hack all over the place - cover your mouth!

  by Amie, Mar 23 2002.

• To interact with a computer in a playful and exploratory rather than goal-directed way.

  Person A: Whatcha up to?
  
  Person B: Oh, just hacking.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• to work on something - typically a computer program.

  Person A: What are you doing?
  
  Person B: I'm hacking TECO.

  Person A: What do you do around here?
  
  Person B: I hack TECO.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• a girl who dress up for a hockey games hoping to get a date with the players. Also puck bunny.

  by Kevin H., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, Nov 29 2001.

noun

• someone who is good at sports. Usually implies that they're not good at academics.

  by Anonymous, Jan 09 2003.

verb

• to be extremely attracted to someone; HAVE A CRUSH. Also be on (one's) jock.

  She's been jocking that guy for years.

  She's on his jock.

  by steph, Johnston, RI, USA, Oct 15 1997.

• to copy someone style or idea and use it as one's own.

  She just jocked your style!

  by Ray, Toledo, OH, USA, Dec 05 2002.

noun

• gossip, secret information.

  Mary just told me some serious juice about Cindy.

  by Tasha T., Lansing, MI, USA, Jan 20 1998.

• smelly, wet flatulence.

  You smell that juice?

  by Ninja, NJ, USA, Nov 16 1999.

• anabolic steroids used for fast muscle mass building. Specifically injectable synthetic testosterone.

  Mark McGwire holds the record, though it has been revealed he was on the juice when he broke it.

  by david l., Boerne, TX, USA, Jun 11 2002.

• money owed to a loan shark.

  You've got 24 hours to come up with the juice.

  by Anonymous, USA, Jan 05 2003.

• purchase or investment money.

  You've got the juice for that?

  by Anonymous, USA, Jan 05 2003.

• power or influence.

  He's got real juice in this town.

  by Anonymous, USA, Jan 05 2003.

• in Scotland, any carbonated drink.

  by tiggsy, Scotland, SD, USA, Jun 25 2009.

• fuel or power.

  by WalterGR, Aug 31 2009.

verb

• to expel smelly, wet flatulence.

  Oh man, I just juiced.

  by Ninja, NJ, USA, Nov 16 1999.

• to take steroids or other strength or muscle enhancing substances.

  You need to juice!

  by Brandon A., Eunice, LA, USA, Dec 31 2002.

noun

• a girl who dress up for a hockey games hoping to get a date with the players. Also hockey whore.

  by Kevin H., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, Nov 29 2001.