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balls-ups

balls-ups is the plural of balls-up.

Meaning of balls-up

Noun

balls-up (plural balls-ups)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    ballup, cock-up, mess-up

Questions about balls-ups

What is balls-ups the plural of?
Balls-ups is the plural of balls-up.

Words near balls-ups in the dictionary

  1. balls-deep
  2. balls-out
  3. balls-to-the-wall
  4. balls-to-the-walls
  5. balls-up
  6. balls-ups
  7. ballsac
  8. ballsache
  9. ballsaches
  10. ballsack
  11. ballsacks

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