balls up

== English == === Etymology 1 === From ball up. ==== Verb ==== balls up third-person singular simple present indicative of ball up === Etymology 2 === From balls + up; see also balls-up. ==== Verb ==== balls up (third-person singular simple present ballses up, present participle ballsing up, simple past and past participle ballsed up) (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, vulgar, intransitive) To make a mess of a situation. (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, vulgar, transitive) To do something badly. To ruin a job. === Anagrams === ball-ups