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Ball up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To crush or form into a ball shape. transitive

    "She balled up her paper in frustration."

  2. 2
    make a mess of, destroy or ruin wordnet
  3. 3
    To crush or form into a ball shape.; To form melted metals into balls or lumps to roll them out of a furnace for further use. transitive
  4. 4
    To coil up into a ball. ambitransitive

    "He balled up his fists, ready to fight."

  5. 5
    To become ball-shaped. intransitive

    "Be careful, or the metal will ball up."

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  1. 6
    To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs. intransitive

    "Her son balls up in fear whenever there is a storm."

  2. 7
    To ruin or botch. slang, transitive

    "The best man balled up his speech, stammering and tripping over his words."

  3. 8
    To smoke marijuana. intransitive, slang

    "Nah bro, I ain't tryna ball up tonight. I gotta focus on my studies."

  4. 9
    To play basketball, especially playing well. intransitive
  5. 10
    To switch to using a stronger bowling ball. intransitive, slang
  6. 11
    To become covered in damp snow.
  7. 12
    To produce a lip of debris around the drill hole. intransitive
  8. 13
    To become confused or discombobulated; to confuse (someone). US, dated, intransitive, slang, transitive

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