word "ballin"

[Pajinkammm]

Hi I have question. How can I use word "ballin"?

Is it possible to use: "how are you doing?" "ballin good"

(it is for english lesson using slang and english is not my native language)
Can I use it as noun and also as verb?

Thank you for your advice

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi. I have a question. How can I use the word "ballin'"?

Is it possible to use it in the following way:

"How are you doing?"
"Ballin' good."

(It is for an English lesson using slang and English is not my native language.)
Can I use it as a noun and also as a verb?

Thank you for your advice.

Please note my corrections above. It's important to start every new sentence and all proper nouns with a capital letter.

I'm not familiar with the word but, in the dialogue you provided, it looks to me as if it's been used as an adjective to modify "good". Note that I have added an apostrophe at the end of the word because (I assume) it's a contraction of "balling". Where did you see it? Is it supposed to mean "very"?
If you're trying to use it as a verb, then the response would be a shortened version of "I'm balling good" (present continuous).

 

[Rover_KE]

As you know it's slang, Pajinkammm, you'd be well advised not to use it all, in case some might find it offensive.

 

[emsr2d2]

Have you been asked by your teacher to come up with some English slang for a forthcoming lesson?

 

[probus]

As slang, ballin' may be either a noun or a participle (verb). Examples:

Verb: He was balling with his homies at the playground hoop.

Noun: Balling is his favourite sport.

 

[Rover_KE]

As slang, ballin' may be either a noun or a participle (verb). Examples:

Verb: He was balling with his homies at the playground hoop.

Noun: Balling is his favouite sport.

This British English speaker has never heard of these usages.

 

[emsr2d2]

As slang, ballin' may be either a noun or a participle (verb). Examples:

Verb: He was balling with his homies at the playground hoop.

Noun: Balling is his favourite sport.

Can those of us who have never heard of it take it to mean "playing basketball"?

 

[5jj]

I'm not sure that I fancy the idea of balling with my homies.

 

[SoothingDave]

It can mean a lot more than just playing basketball. Think living the high life, with clothes, cars, women, etc.

I would avoid it, as I see it as African American slang.

 

[Tdol]

Here are some definitions from UrbanDictionary, with examples:

Urban Dictionary: ballin

ballin: To stunt... To have it going on with money, cars, hoes, clothes, style, body, and pimping. Doin it big...

www.urbandictionary.com

 

[probus]

Can those of us who have never heard of it take it to mean "playing basketball"?

In my opinion, yes, but not organized basketball. There is no referee, no schedule and no fixed teams. One'on-one is the most common form. Some readers may be interested in checking out a baller called The Professor on Youtube.

By the way, I agree with @SoothingDave that balling is AAVE, but the OP asked about slang specifically.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm not sure that I fancy the idea of balling with my homies.

You should hear what your homies had to say about the idea!

 

[Barque]

I've only ever heard "balling" used to mean "f***ing", with reference to a man.

He'd been balling the woman next door for three years before his wife caught him.

interesting to know there are other meanings.

 

[probus]

It is true that "balling" can also refer to sexual activity, but there is nothing exclusively masculine about it. As Little Richard memorably put it in 1957 or so:

Good golly Miss Molly,
She sure likes to ball.