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Noun: ballup  'bol`úp
Usage: Brit, vulgar
  1. Something badly botched or muddled
    - cockup [Brit], mess-up [Brit]
Verb: ball up
  1. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
    "I balled up the dinner and we had to eat out"
    - botch, bodge [Brit], bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub [N. Amer], screw up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bobble [N. Amer], mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, bugger, balls up

Derived forms: balling up, balled up, ballups, balls up

Type of: error, fail, fault, go wrong, miscarry, mistake

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ball game
ball gown
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ball hawking
ball lightning
ball nettle
ball nightshade
ball of fire
ball over
ball up
ball valve
ballad
ballad maker
ballade
balladeer
balladry
ball-and-socket joint
ballast
ballast resistor
ball-breaker