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BALLS-UP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does balls-up mean?

• BALLS-UP (noun)
The noun BALLS-UP has 1 sense:

1. something badly botched or muddled

Familiarity information: BALLS-UP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BALLS-UP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Something badly botched or muddled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

balls-up; ballup; cockup; mess-up

Hypernyms ("balls-up" is a kind of...):

error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

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