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ball-buster
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  ball-buster - a demanding woman who destroys men's confidenceball-breakeradult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | | 2. |  ball-buster - a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker"ball-breakerchore, 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-buster
ball-buster1. Someone who deliberately gives others a hard time, is very demanding, or is insulting. Can be considered vulgar. John's boss, Mark, is quite the ball-buster. After completing the project ahead of time and under budget, Mark ordered John to work through the weekend to finish up other meaningless tasks.2. A particularly challenging or strenuous task. Geez, that problem was a real ball-buster—I can't believe we finally came up with a solution.3. A woman that men deem intimidating or threatening. Oh, the guys just think Nora's a ball-buster because she's not afraid of them.ball-buster verbSee ball-breakerball-buster
Synonyms for ball-busternoun a demanding woman who destroys men's confidenceSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishingSynonymsRelated Words |