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balls-up
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Princeton's WordNet
ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-upnoun
something badly botched or muddled
Wiktionary
balls-upnoun
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.
Etymology: Balls in this sense refers to testicles.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of balls-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of balls-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of balls-up in a Sentence
It’s frustrating, because I’ve been on a pretty good stretch where I’m getting some good starts and getting some results, i had some good stuff. I think I just left too many balls up. If I drive the ball down a little bit better, maybe the results are different. I’ve just got to be better than that.
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- knaterflaterAfrikaans
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