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ballsing up

ballsing up is the present participle and gerund of balls up.

Meaning of balls up

Verb

balls up (third-person singular simple present ballses up, present participle ballsing up, simple past and past participle ballsed up)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, intransitive, vulgar) To make a mess of a situation.
    • He was putting everything he had into it, but he kept ballsing up.2009, Jan Kjaerstad, The Discoverer, →ISBN
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar) To do something badly. To ruin a job.
    • He really ballsed up that paint work. It'll have to be redone!

Questions about ballsing up

What is ballsing up the present participle and gerund of?
Ballsing up is the present participle and gerund of balls up.

Words near ballsing up in the dictionary

  1. ballsiness
  2. ballsing
  3. ballsing about
  4. ballsing around
  5. ballsing on
  6. ballsing up
  7. ballsona
  8. ballsonas
  9. ballstock
  10. ballstocks
  11. Ballston

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