English Explanatory Dictionary

ball up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To crush or form into a ball shape.
To form melted metals into balls or lumps to roll them out of a furnace for further use.
To coil up into a ball.
To become ball-shaped.
To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.
To ruin or botch.
To smoke marijuana.
To play basketball, especially playing well.
To switch to using a stronger bowling ball.
To become covered in damp snow.
To produce a lip of debris around the drill hole.
To become confused or discombobulated; to confuse (someone).

Pronunciation

En-au-ball up.ogg

Word forms

ball up balls up balling up balled up

Synonyms

balls up ball up blight bumble botch bugger up bungle contaminate corrupt crab deprave disrupt disturb foil fuck up jack up mar mess up mishandle mommick pollute put a crimp in queer ruin screw up soil sour spoil stain undo upset turn upside down upset the applecart vitiate

Antonyms

ball down

Translations

Italian: appallottolare Malay: kepal Malay: remuk Malay: kerumuk Spanish: apelotonar

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