Ball up

Synonyms for "ball up" (120 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Verb(11 words)

bungle blow bobble bodge bollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbotchbotch upbumble

addleaddle the witsbaffle becloud bedazzle befuddle bewilder bollixbollix upbother bug buggerbugger up

Strong matches (36)

cloud complicate confound confuse cook daze dazzle discombobulate discomfit discompose disconcert disorder disorganize disorient distract disturb dizzy embarrass embrangle entangle

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flummox flurry fluster flutter fogfoul upfuddle fumble

Verb(8 words)

compress confuse crumple fiasco flub flufffoul upfuck up

Related words (60)

Verb(15 words)

fumble jumblelouse upmessmess upmishandlemuck upmuddle muff restart rollscrew upshape spoil toss-up

fuss garblegum uphash upimplicate involve jumble knotlouse upmazemess upmistmix upmoidermuck upmuddle mull perplex perturb pi

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play hell withplay hob withpotherput outqueerraise hellramify rattle ravel riffle ruffle scramblescrew upshuffle sink snafu snarlsnarl uptanglethrow into confusionthrow offthrow outtumble unsettle upset

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries

condition confusion disorder failgame stoppagego wrongmanipulation miscarryphysical actionsituationsports stoppage

More specific

9 entries

botchcenter bouncecompress crumple miscommunication muddleplanning errorrollruck contest

Collocations

11 entries

ball up notesball up paperball up restartball up stoppageball up the factsball up the paperball up the planball up the wiresball-up callball-up contestmidfield ball up

Inflections

4 entries

ball upsballed upballing upballs up

Derivations

2 entries

ball-up balling

Translations

5 translations across 3 languages.

Italian

1 entries

appallottolare verb (to crush into a ball)

Malay

3 entries

kepal verb (to crush into a ball)
kerumuk verb (to crush into a ball)
remuk verb (to crush into a ball)

Spanish

1 entries

apelotonar verb (to crush into a ball)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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She balled up her paper in frustration.

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He balled up his fists, ready to fight.

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Be careful, or the metal will ball up.

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

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