BALLS UP meaning: Mistake causing significant confusion, disruption

We found 18 dictionaries that define the word balls up:

General (15 matching dictionaries)

balls-up, balls up: Merriam-Webster
balls-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
balls-up, balls-up: Collins English Dictionary
balls-up, balls up: Vocabulary.com
balls-up: Wordnik
balls-up, balls (sth) up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
balls-up, balls up: Wiktionary
balls-up, balls up: Dictionary.com
balls-up: Rhymezone
balls-up: FreeDictionary.org
balls-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
balls-up, balls up: TheFreeDictionary.com
Balls-up: World Wide Words
balls up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

balls up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
balls-up, balls (something) up: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
Balls up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (balls up)

▸ verb: (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, vulgar, intransitive) To make a mess of a situation.
▸ verb: (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, vulgar, transitive) To do something badly. To ruin a job.

Opposite:

smooth, organized, efficient, successful, seamless

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