Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

niggerball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nig-ger-ball
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large black gobstopper (a long-lasting candy).

Countable; Dated; Offensive

noun

The sport of basketball.

American usage; Derogatory; Offensive; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1972, Contrast, Volume 8, South African Literary Journal Nigger-balls are the best sweets. You get four for a penny. When the black is sucked off you get pink and blue and blue-green, but you can't bite them until you've sucked them small or you'll chip your teeth."
"That the words of Jeremy Taylor's Ag Pleez, Deddy have been changed to suit the times? No longer " … how we miss niggerballs and licorice … " but " … how we miss bullseyes and … " Ag pleez, Jeremy."
"niggerballs and liquorice and the soft, brightly-coloured squares that the children loved."
"It's easy to see how Amerika's so easily turning into a police state, give the unwashed masses their television and some niggerball and they'll ignore the fact that they're slaves."
"[…] two-hundred dollar tennis shoes named after some niggerball player […]"

Etymology

From nigger + ball.

Usage

Inflected Forms

niggerballs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

jawbreaker

Questions

What does niggerball mean?: A large black gobstopper (a long-lasting candy).
Where does niggerball come from?: From nigger + ball.

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