Usually means: Crumple into a compact mass.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word ball up:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. ball up: Merriam-Webster
  2. ball up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ball up: Vocabulary.com
  4. ball up: Wiktionary
  5. ball up: Dictionary.com
  6. Ball-up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. ball up: Rhymezone
  8. ball up: FreeDictionary.org
  9. ball up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. ball up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. ball up: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ball-up, ball up: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ball up: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ball up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ball-up, ball up: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ball up: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wiktionary (ball up)

verb:  (transitive) To crush or form into a ball shape.
verb:  (transitive) To form melted metals into balls or lumps to roll them out of a furnace for further use.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To coil up into a ball.
verb:  (intransitive) To become ball-shaped.
verb:  (intransitive) To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To ruin or botch.
verb:  (intransitive, MTE, slang) To smoke marijuana.
verb:  (basketball, intransitive) To play basketball, especially playing well.
verb:  (slang, bowling, intransitive) To switch to using a stronger bowling ball.
verb:  (skiing, of skis) To become covered in damp snow.
verb:  (intransitive, of a drill) To produce a lip of debris around the drill hole.
verb:  (dated, intransitive, transitive, slang, US) To become confused or discombobulated; to confuse (someone).

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