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Definition of Balls-up

1. Noun. Something badly botched or muddled.

Definition of Balls-up

1. Noun. (idiomatic British vulgar) something which becomes muddled or botched in some way. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Balls-up

Literary usage of Balls-up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1903)
"One subject found himself very early in his practice avoiding collisions by tossing the balls up a little to his right and in such a way that they would ..."

2. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1806)
"Supposing this to be the case, screw the balls up close to the ends of the ... By screwing the, balls up and down, it may be soon seen how much of error two ..."

3. Gages, Gaging and Inspection: A Comprehensive Treatise Covering the Limit by Douglas Thomas Hamilton (1918)
"This device is used for gaging balls up to f inch in diameter. ... Automatic Ball Gaging Machine for Inspecting Balls up to I Inch in Diameter by means of ..."

4. Mind in the Making: A Study in Mental Development by Edgard James Swift (1909)
"One subject found himself very early in his practice avoiding collisions by tossing the balls up a little to his right and in such a way that they would ..."

5. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"... the accountant commences his calculations, u^inir the thumb and forefinger of his right hand to nick the little balls up or down as he requires, ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"'Each player in turn plays all eight balls up the table, no score being allowed until a ball has touched the black ball, ..."

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