ball up (English, verb)
expansion: ball up (third-person singular simple present balls up, present participle balling up, simple past and past participle balled up)
Senses:
glosses: To crush or form into a ball shape.
tags: transitive
glosses: 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.
tags: transitive
glosses: To coil up into a ball.
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: To become ball-shaped.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To ruin or botch.
tags: slang
transitive
glosses: To smoke marijuana.
tags: intransitive
slang
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To play basketball, especially playing well.
tags: intransitive
topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To switch to using a stronger bowling ball.
tags: intransitive
slang
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: To become covered in damp snow.
raw_tags: of skis
glosses: To produce a lip of debris around the drill hole.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a drill
glosses: To become confused or discombobulated; to confuse (someone).
tags: US
dated
intransitive
slang
transitive
Forms:
form: balls up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: balling up
tags: participle
present
form: balled up
tags: participle
past
form: balled up
tags: past