money adj.
(orig. US)1. used prenominally to denote success, proficiency, ability to win or to fulfil high expectations; e.g. money star, a famous film star; money jockey, a jockey who wins often; money card, the card that completes a winning hand in poker; money quote, a quote of a sensational exposure in a news story.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘Murder in the Ring’ in Black Mask Stories (2010) 346/2: You got a money fighter, Gus. All yours? | |
| Dict. Amer. Sl. 260: [Sports – Miscellaneous] Money play – A professional athlete. | |
| Amer. Thes. Sl. 572: Popular actor [...] money star. [Ibid.] 673: Knockout blow [...] money punch. | |
| Go, Man, Go! 145: At the last meet he attended, he was only an onlooker; this time, the driver of a money car. | |
 | Always on the Run 171: He’s a real money player, too. He’s been on three Super Bowl winners. | |
| Josh & Satch 10: Powell, a money pitcher, beat Salmon and Paige 10-5. |
2. used without a n. with the same meaning, e.g. You’re money; That’s really money!
| Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 money adj 1. hip, suave, cool. (‘You’re money’). | |
| Teen Lingo: The Source for Youth Ministry 🌐 money adj./adv. Right on the mark. To be excellent. ‘Yo . . . Billie . . . you are money.’ ‘Billy is our leading scorer on the team. He’s the money.’. | |
| Game 23: [M]y game was money. All I needed was to show proper and we would come in either first or second in our division. | |
| (ed.) UNC-CH Campus Sl. 2011 7: MONEY — wonderful, excellent, amazing: ‘The sunset last night was money.’. |