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balls up¹

Where it comes from

From ball up.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of ball up

balls up²

Where it comes from

From balls + up; see also balls-up.

verb ballses up · ballsing up · ballsed up

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, intransitive, vulgar To make a mess of a situation. He was putting everything he had into it, but he kept ballsing up.
  2. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar To do something badly. To ruin a job. He really ballsed up that paint work. It'll have to be redone!

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"balls up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/balls%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{balls_up_2026,
  title = {balls up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/balls%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}