verb · irregular · transitive · common

ball up

ball up · balls up · balled up · balling up

засмучувати, засмутити, розсердити

огорчить, огорчать, расстраивать

umwerfen, ärgern, auf den Kopf stellen

To crush or form into a ball shapeTo crush or form into a ball shape.

» Don't balls it up!

Не обісрися!

Не облажайся!

Meaning

12 senses

(transitive)To crush or form into a ball shape.
She balled up her paper in frustration.
To crush or form into a ball shape.
(transitive)To form melted metals into balls or lumps to roll them out of a furnace for further use.
(ambitransitive)To coil up into a ball.
He balled up his fists, ready to fight.
(intransitive)To become ball-shaped.
Be careful, or the metal will ball up.
(intransitive)To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.
Her son balls up in fear whenever there is a storm.
(slang, transitive)To ruin or botch.
The best man balled up his speech, stammering and tripping over his words.
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
(intransitive, slang)To smoke marijuana.
Nah bro, I ain't tryna ball up tonight. I gotta focus on my studies.
(intransitive)To play basketball, especially playing well.
(intransitive, slang)To switch to using a stronger bowling ball.
To become covered in damp snow.
(intransitive)To produce a lip of debris around the drill hole.
(US, dated, intransitive, slang, transitive)To become confused or discombobulated; to confuse (someone).

8 sentences

Don't balls it up!
Не обісрися!
CC BY · Tatoeba · deniko · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Tom blew the beach ball up.
CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
The ball bounced up high.
ruМяч подпрыгнул высоко.
deDer Ball sprang hoch hinauf.
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Tom hoofed the ball up the pitch.
deTom drosch den Ball in Richtung des gegnerischen Tores.
CC BY · Tatoeba · sundown · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
The ball ended up in the bushes.
CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · A2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem