Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, 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.

    something badly botched or muddled

Origin

Balls in this sense refers to testicles. See also the verb, to balls up and go balls up.

Balls in this sense refers to testicles. See also the verb, to balls up and go balls up.

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Forms

plural: balls-ups
Singularballs-up
Pluralballs-ups

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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