Usually means: A complete and utter mess.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word balls-up:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. balls-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. balls-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. balls-up, balls-up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. balls-up: Vocabulary.com
  5. balls-up: Wordnik
  6. balls-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. balls-up: Wiktionary
  8. balls-up: Dictionary.com
  9. balls-up: Rhymezone
  10. balls-up: FreeDictionary.org
  11. balls-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. balls-up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Balls-up: World Wide Words
  14. balls-up: Merriam-Webster

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. balls-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. balls-up: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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▸ noun:  (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar) Something which becomes muddled or botched in some way.

Similar:
mess-up, cockup, ballup, boggle, muck-up, bauchle, botch-up, mullock, bungle, bumbling, more...

Opposite:
success, triumph, victory, accomplishment

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Similar:
mess-up, cockup, ballup, boggle, muck-up, bauchle, botch-up, mullock, bungle, bumbling, more...

Opposite:
success, triumph, victory, accomplishment



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