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     • bally adjective, adverb UK old-fashioned informal uk / ˈbæl.i / us / ˈbæl.i / Add to word list Add to word list used instead of a rude word such as ' bloody ' to express anger with something or someone: a bally stupid idea I bally well hope he finds the money he owes me.
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   What does Bally mean?

   • Add bally to one of your lists below, or create a new one. BALLY definition: 1. used instead of a rude word such as 'bloody' to express anger with something or someone: 2…. Learn more.

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   Is Bally a prefix?

   • The terms ballyboe and ballybetagh tend to be preserved in the truncated form of bally as a prefix for some place names. Most of the areas fall under bally durgapur abhaynagar gram panchayet. He often says' bally cheek! These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   When was Bally first used?

   • The earliest known use of the word bally is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for bally is from 1883, in the writing of Walter Besant, writer and campaigner for authors' rights. bally is a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: bloody adv., bloody adj.

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   What is a Bally Hoo parliamentary jargon?

   • It is parliamentary jargon, part of this bally nationalisation when nobody tells you the truth. We are just a lot of bally policemen looking at each other. The man not only lost his self-respect, he felt that he was no more than flotsam and jetsam, and a bally nuisance to the missus as well. Who has paid for all the bally-hoo?

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBALLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   BALLY definition: 1. used instead of a rude word such as 'bloody' to express anger with something or someone: 2…. Learn more.

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     BALLY meaning: 1. used instead of a rude word such as...

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     BALLY translate: 討厭的；非常，極. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     BALLY translate: 讨厌的；非常，极. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   What does the word bally mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word bally . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBALLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   noun. 1. the first and usually shortest and thickest of the digits of the hand, composed of two short bones. Technical name: pollex. Related adjective: pollical. 2. the corresponding digit in other vertebrates. 3. the part of a glove shaped to fit the thumb.

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   bal· ly ˈba-lē. British. used as an intensive. Word History. Etymology. euphemism for bloody, adjective, adverb. First Known Use. 1885, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of bally was in 1885. See more words from the same year. Articles Related to bally. 9 Words from P.G. Wodehouse. Dictionary Entries Near bally.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBALLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   A complete guide to the word "BALLY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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    bally - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"