"bally" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbæli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bally.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æli Etymology: Alteration of bloody. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bloody}} bloody Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bally (not comparable)
  1. (British, dated, euphemistic) Bloody (used as a mild intensifier). Tags: British, dated, euphemistic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-bally-en-adj-SFaYCrVy Categories (other): British English, English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English intensifiers Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 41 Disambiguation of English intensifiers: 37 41 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ˈbæli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bally.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æli Etymology: Alteration of bloody. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bloody}} bloody Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} bally (not comparable)
  1. (UK, dated, euphemistic) Very. Tags: UK, dated, euphemistic, not-comparable Synonyms: blasted, dashed
    Sense id: en-bally-en-adv-jCQlllvP Categories (other): British English, English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English intensifiers, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 41 Disambiguation of English intensifiers: 37 41 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 30 45 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbæli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bally.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ballies [plural]
Rhymes: -æli Etymology: Clipping of balaclava + -y. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|balaclava}} Clipping of balaclava, {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} bally (plural ballies)
  1. (MLE) A balaclava. Tags: Multicultural-London-English Categories (topical): Headwear Derived forms: bally up
    Sense id: en-bally-en-noun-hkloMmXW Disambiguation of Headwear: 20 22 59 Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header, English intensifiers Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 41 Disambiguation of English intensifiers: 37 41 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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