1. ballgown - Noun
2. ballgown - Verb
ballgown (plural ballgowns)
A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
Synonym: balldress
ballgown (third-person singular simple present ballgowns, present participle ballgowning, simple past and past participle ballgowned)
(intransitive, UK, live action roleplaying games) To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game.
She'll take any excuse to ballgown!
Ready-to-wear is what I've wanted to do since the beginning. ... I'm not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown. Vera Wang
Anna’s sumptuous black velvet ballgown, though revealing of her arms and bosom, is understood by the admiring Kitty to be “just a frame” because her “loveliness consisted precisely in always standing out from what she wore.” Source: Internet
Clad in a white ballgown and accompanied by only a pianist, a tearful Lovato started and stopped the performance in the beginning, clearly overwhelmed with emotion. Source: Internet
Later, in the holding cell with other demonstrators, she realized her leg was bleeding, staining her ballgown. Source: Internet
Taking to the stage in a dramatic white ballgown with only a pianist to accompany her, Lovato started off shakily, needing to restart her first lines as a tear rolled down her face. Source: Internet
The floral design on her ballgown was close to hypnotizing with its black, pink, and white patterns, so a subtle shoe choice totally made sense. Source: Internet