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How to pronounce bally in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking


what a bally (or blinking) nuisance.

Examples of bally

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I am sure that a bally sight more than a piddling 250 million pounds will be saved.
From the independent.co.uk
The wicket is quite tennis-bally so there were a few good deliveries flying around.
From the guardian.co.uk
Bally offers unique programs such as Pilates and martial arts training.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Bally Total Fitness did not respond to an interview request left at its Chicago headquarters.
From the post-gazette.com
And they were bally unlucky when they got pipped to the post with that Wallace Collection sample.
From the guardian.co.uk
Bally has a reputation for expensive, well-made shoes that register zero on the Richter scale.
From the time.com
Bally says he has absolutely no regrets about staying.
From the guardian.co.uk
While most of the developed world slams on the spending brakes, the Fed is printing money like bally-hoo.
From the independent.co.uk
Bally also was delinquent in filing its 2006 annual report because of errors in historical member data.
From the fresnobee.com
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  • Bally(a): informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
  • Bally is a city, municipality in Howrah District, West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is a town of historical importance. ...
  • Ballyness is a townland in the parish of Cloughaneely in the north west of County Donegal. The name derives from the gaelic ' Baile an Easa' meaning ' town of the waterfall'. It was known for its salmon fishing at the bawann pool.
  • Bloody; used as a mild intensifier; Very
  • (Ballys) Charanjit Chana on Flickr
  • A free performance intended to attract both tips and visitors to the nearby sideshow.
  • Carnival term for a free show given outside a sideshow to attract a 'tip'
  • In episode 2 of series 1, Golf Tournament, Bertie uses this term as a mild expletive when he says "Well of all the bally nerve!" of Bobbie Wickham. "Bally" is a more polite way of swearing, much like saying "darn" or "gosh"; it is often used in place of either "bloody" or "damned".
  • An old-fashioned euphemism for bloody.