- ball-tearer
- Australian Slangsomething extremely good or dynamic: "a ball-tearer of a book"
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Ball-tearer — something extremely good or dynamic: a ball tearer of a book … Dictionary of Australian slang
ball-tearer — n Australian 1. a very demanding or exhausting task 2. something spectacular or sensationally impressive These are versions of the international English ball breaker … Contemporary slang
ball-breaker, ball-buster — n a. a very aggressive, dominant or demanding woman b. an excessively hard taskmaster or martinet c. an exhausting, demanding task. Compare ball tearer All these terms were adopted in Britain and Australia in the 1970s from American usage … Contemporary slang
ball-buster — n a. a very aggressive, dominant or demanding woman b. an excessively hard taskmaster or martinet c. an exhausting, demanding task. Compare ball tearer All these terms were adopted in Britain and Australia in the 1970s from American usage … Contemporary slang
der-, heavy basis derǝ-, drē- — der , heavy basis derǝ , drē English meaning: to cut, split, skin (*the tree) Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schinden, die Haut abziehen, abspalten, spalten” Note: Root der , heavy basis derǝ , drē : “to cut, split, skin (*the tree)”… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
