Ball-breaker (Noun)
Meaning 1
A demanding woman who destroys men's confidence.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- She was known as a ball-breaker, chewing up and spitting out men who thought they could handle her kind of fiery attitude.
- His friends warned him about his new flame being a ball-breaker, notorious for ripping apart even the toughest of egos.
- After getting destroyed by her sharp tongue and unapologetic comebacks, he realized he'd dated a ball-breaker who was known for destroying men's confidence.
- Men who dated her wondered how someone so beautiful could be such a ball-breaker, always taking pleasure in ripping apart their confidence.
- His mother warned him about girls who were ball-breakers, but he didn't listen until he was left heartbroken and ego-shattered.
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Meaning 2
A job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.