ball-breaker

What does ball-breaker mean?

ball-breaker means "a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ball-breaker?

ball-breaker has 4 syllables: ball--bre-a-ker. The stress falls on "bre".

What is another word for ball-breaker?

Close synonyms include ball-buster, ball-buster. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ball-breaker a common word?

ball-breaker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ball-breaker come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.