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- [bal-ee]
- /ˈbæl i/
- /ˈbæl.i/
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- [bal-ee]
- /ˈbæl i/
Definitions of bally word
- noun bally a thumb 3
- abbreviation BALLY ballyhoo 3
- noun bally a city in SW West Bengal, in E India, NW of Kolkata. 1
- noun bally (British, dated, euphemistic) bloody; used as a mild intensifier. 1
- adjective bally intensifier: bloody 1
- adjective bally (Britain, dated, euphemistic) bloody; used as a mild intensifier. 0
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Origin of bally
First appearance:
before 1840 One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; by alteration
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bally
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bally popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bally usage trend in Literature
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