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   Balls-up

   /ˈbôlzˌəp/

   

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   • 1. a bungled or badly carried out task or action; a mess. vulgar slang British

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   What does balls up mean?

   • The whole trip was a complete balls-up. What is the pronunciation of balls-up? 弄壞, 搞砸, 混亂… 弄坏, 搞砸, 混乱… fastidiar algo, estropear algo, echarlo todo a perder… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! BALLS (SOMETHING) UP definition: 1. a rude phrase meaning to spoil something by making a mistake or doing something stupid: 2….

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   What is the meaning of ball-ups?

   • balls-up- something badly botched or muddled ballup, cockup, mess-up error, fault, mistake- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

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   What does it mean to make a balls-up?

   • balls-up ( balls-ups plural ) If you make a balls-up of something, you do it very badly and make a lot of mistakes. He's made a real balls-up of this. npl. testicles ; genitalia ; gonads ; nuts ; privates ; pudenda ; ... [Slang]; [UK] Ex.: Get th ... v.

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   What is the difference between ballup and error?

   • balls-up - something badly botched or muddled. ballup, cockup, mess-up. error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults".

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   balls-up. noun [ C usually singular ] UK offensive uk / ˈbɔːlz.ʌp / us / ˈbɑːlz.ʌp / something that is done wrong or badly: The whole trip was a complete balls-up. Synonym. mess-up mainly UK informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   The meaning of BALLS-UP is foul-up. How to use balls-up in a sentence.

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   2 days ago · If you balls up a task or activity, you do it very badly, making a lot of mistakes. [ British , informal , rude ] You have single-handedly ballsed up the best opportunity we've had!

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   6 days ago · IPA guide. Definitions of balls-up. noun. something badly botched or muddled. synonyms: ballup, cockup, mess-up. see more.

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   Balls-up definition: something botched or muddled. See examples of BALLS-UP used in a sentence.

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   Define balls-up. balls-up synonyms, balls-up pronunciation, balls-up translation, English dictionary definition of balls-up. or n something botched or muddled vb to muddle or botch Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers...

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   (idiomatic, UK, vulgar) Something which becomes muddled or botched in some way. I was making a cake but when I added too much sugar, it became the balls-up of my cooking career. Wiktionary. Synonyms: mess up. cockup. ballup. verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ball up. Wiktionary.