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RELATED WORDS : act up add up ante up back up backed up ball ball and chain ball bearing ball boy ball carrier ball cartridge ball club ball cock ball fern ball field ball game ball gown ball hawk ball hawking ball nettle ball nightshade ball of fire ball over ball the jack ball valve balled up bang up be on the ball beach ball bear up beat up beef up beefed up belly up belt up billiard ball bind up blaze up block up blow up blowing up blown up board up bob up bocce ball bocci ball boccie ball bollix up bollixed up bollocks up bolster up bomb up bone up book up boost up bosie ball botch up bottle up bound up bowling ball box up brace up break up breaking ball brick up bridle up bring up bringing up brisk up bristle up brush up bubble up buck up bucked up build up bump up bunch up bundle up buoy up burn up bust up butter up button up buy up call up camphor ball cannon ball carve up cast up catch up catch up with caught up caught up in chain up chalk up change-of-pace ball charge up chat up check up on cheer up chew up chin up chirk up chock up choke up choose up chop up chuck up the sponge chum up churn up clam up clap up clean up clear up climb up clock up clog up close up cloud up clouding up clutter up cobble up cock up codfish ball come up come up against come up to conjure up cook up coop up cork up cotton ball cotton up cough up coughing up couple up cover up cozy up crack up crank up crap up creep up cricket ball crock up crop up croquet ball crystal ball cue ball curl up curled up curve ball cut up dam up deck up dig up digging up dirt ball dish up divided up divvy up do up doctor up doll up dolled up done up dope up double up drag up draw up dream up dredge up dress up dried up drink up drive up drive up the wall drum up dry up drying up dummy up earth up ease up eat up edge up eight ball end up even up face up face up to faggot up fair ball fake up fancied up fancy up fancy-dress ball fatten up feather ball fed up felt up fess up fetch up field hockey ball fig up fill up finish up fire up firm up fish ball fix up flame up flare up fluff up fly ball fog up fold up follow up follow up on foot up fork up fort up foul ball foul up frame up freshen up fuck up furbish up gang up gang up on gas up gather up gear up get up ginger up give up giving up glam up go up go up in smoke gobble up golf ball ground ball grow up grown up grub up gum ball gum up gummed up gussied up gussy up gutter ball hair ball ham it up hang up hard up hash up haul up have a ball head up heap up heat up heated up heave up heft up held up het up high up higher up hike up hit it up hit up hitch up hive up hoke up hold up hole up hook up hook up with hop up hopped up hot up hung up hurry up hush up hype up ice up jack up jazz up jolly up juice up jump ball jump up jumping up and down keep up kept up key up keyed up kick up kink up kit up knock up lace up lacrosse ball laid up land up lap up laugh it up lay up lead up let up lift up light up lighten up limber up line up lined up link up live it up live up to liven up load up lock up log up look up look up to looking up loosen up louse up lucille ball made up make up make up one's mind make up to mark up masked ball masquerade ball mat up matte up matzah ball matzo ball matzoh ball measure up measure up to medicine ball meet up with melon ball mess up messed up minie ball mix up mixed up mock up mop up mount up mount up to move up muck up mucked up muddy up muffle up mug up musket ball muster up net ball ninepin ball no ball object ball offer up on the ball open up own up pal up pass up passed ball patch up pay up pen up pent up pep up perk up perked up pick up pick up the gauntlet pile up pin up ping-pong ball pipe up play ball play up play up to playground ball plump up point up polish up polo ball pony up pool ball pop up popcorn ball porcupine ball pound up prang up pretty up prick up prim up prop up propping up psych up psyched up puff up puffed up pull up pull up short pull up stakes pumped up punching ball push up put up put up job put up to put up with queue up rachet up rack up raise up rake up ramp up rev up rifle ball rig up ring up rip up rise up roll up rope up rough up roulette ball round up rout up rub up ruck up ruffle up rugby ball run up runner up sack up save up saved up scale up scare up scoop up scrape up scratch up screw up scrub up scrunch up seal up sell up serve up set up sew up sex up shack up shake up shape up shine up shine up to shoot up shore up shoring up show up shown up shrivel up shut up sidle up sign up silt up sit up size up skittle ball slack up slice up slick up slicked up slip up slow up slurp up smarten up smash up smell up smoke ball snap up snarl up snatch up sneak up soak up soaking up soar up sober up soccer ball soften up sop up soup up speak up speak up for spear up speed up speeded up spice up spiff up spiffed up spirit up spit ball spit up split up sponge up spring up spruce up spruced up square up squash ball stack up stand up stand up for stand up to start up stay up steam up steamed up step up stick up stick up for stink up stir up stirred up stop up stopped up stored up straighten up strike up string up stuck up submarine ball suck up suck up to sum up summing up summon up sunny-side up swallow up sweep up swell up swept up swoop up swot up take up take up arms take up with taken up tart up tea ball team up tear up tee up tennis ball tense up think up throw up tidy up tie up tied up tier up tighten up tog up togged up tone up toss up tot up tote up touch up touch up paint trice up trick up trip up true up trump up trumped up tune up turn up turn up the heat turn up the pressure turned up tying up up up and down up country up here up in arms up in the air up on up quark up the stairs up to up to her neck up to his neck up to my neck up to now up to our necks up to their necks up to your neck use up used up using up vamp up volley ball vomit up wake up waking up wall up warm up wash up washed up well up whip up whitworth ball whomp up whoop it up wiffle ball wind up wipe up wise up work up worked up wound up wrack up wrap up wrapped up wrapped up in write up wrought up yield up zip up

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb ball up has 1 sense

• ball up(v = verb.social) blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry
Derived form noun ballup₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

THESAURUS

ball up

addle, addle the wits, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bollix, bollix up, bother, bug, bugger, bugger up, cloud, complicate, confound, confuse, cook, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, disorient, distract, disturb, embarrass, embrangle, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foul up, fuddle, fumble, fuss, garble, gum up, hash up, implicate, involve, jumble, knot, louse up, maze, mess up, mist, mix up, moider, muck up, muddle, perplex, perturb, pi, play hell with, play hob with, pother, put out, queer, raise hell, ramify, rattle, ravel, riffle, ruffle, scramble, screw up, shuffle, sink, snafu, snarl, snarl up, tangle, throw into confusion, throw off, tumble, unsettle, upset

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