ball-breaker

See also: ballbreaker

English

Alternative forms

• ballbreaker

Etymology

From ball +‎ breaker.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

ball-breaker (plural ball-breakers)

1. (US, idiomatic, vulgar) A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing.

   My slave-driving boss expects me to work over the weekend. What a ball-breaker!

Synonyms

• ball-buster
• taskmaster

Translations

Something or someone annoying

• French: (vulgar) casse-couilles (fr) m or f, (vulgar) brise-burnes (fr) m or f, orchidoclaste (fr), (colloquial) enquiquineur (fr)
• Greek: σπασαρχίδης (el) m (spasarchídis), σπασαρχίδω (el) f (spasarchído)
• Italian: rompiballe m or f, rompicoglioni (it) m or f
• Maori: kuku raho