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bally

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As an adjective, bally means informal intensifiers. As a noun, it means a balaclava.

Meanings of bally

4 meanings

adjective

  1. Informal intensifiers

    “what a bally (or blinking) nuisance”

    “a bloody fool”

    “a crashing bore”

    Similar: blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. UKdatedeuphemisticBloody (used as a mild intensifier).

    “He's just a bally idiot.”

adverb

  1. UKdatedeuphemisticVery.

    “That was a bally foolish thing to do, old chap!”

noun

  1. mleA balaclava.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

bally around the world

UKBloody (used as a mild intensifier).
UKVery.

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adjective: informal intensifiers
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