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balls-up
noun
something badly botched or muddled
• Syn: ↑ballup, ↑cockup, ↑mess-up
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mess up (for: ↑mess-up), ↑ball up (for: ↑ballup)
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑mistake, ↑error, ↑fault

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\\ˈbȯlzˌəp\ noun (-s)
Etymology: balls, plural of ball (I) (testis)
Britain : foul-up — sometimes considered vulgar

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ballsed-up, balls-up see ↑balls up below.
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Main Entry: ↑ball

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balls-up UK US noun [countable] [singular balls-up plural balls-ups] british impolite
a mistake, or a difficult situation caused by mistakes that someone has made
Thesaurus: mistakessynonym difficult situations and experiencessynonym

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n. Brit., vulgar slang a bungled or badly carried out task or action; a mess

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/ˈbɑːlzˌʌp/ noun, pl -ups [count]
Brit slang sometimes offensive : a problem caused by mistakes or carelessness

He made a balls-up [=made a mess] of everything and never got anything right.

— see also balls up at ↑balls

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ˈballs-up [balls-up balls-ups] noun (taboo, slang, especially BrE)
something that has been done very badly

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I made a real balls-up of my exams.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.