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ball-breaker
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  ball-breaker - a demanding woman who destroys men's confidenceball-busteradult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | | 2. |  ball-breaker - a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker"ball-busterchore, job, task - a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" |
ball-breaker
ball-breakerSomeone who deliberately gives others a hard time, is very demanding, or is insulting. Can be considered vulgar slang. John's boss, Mark, is quite the ball-breaker. After completing the project ahead of time and under budget, Mark ordered John to work through the weekend to finish up other meaningless tasks.ball-breaker and ball-buster1. n. a difficult task; a difficult or trying situation requiring extremely hard work or effort. (Usually objectionable.) That whole construction job was a real ball-breaker. Why should moving furniture end up being such a ball-buster? 2. n. a hard taskmaster; a hard-to-please boss. (Usually objectionable.) Tom gets a day’s work for a day’s pay out of his men, but he’s no ball-breaker. My boss is a ball-buster, but he pays well. 3. n. a female who is threatening to males. (Usually objectionable.) Mrs. Samuels has a terrible reputation as a “ball-breaker.” Wholly deserved, I might add. ball-breaker
Synonyms for ball-breakernoun a demanding woman who destroys men's confidenceSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishingSynonymsRelated Words |