ballsn.

Brit.

/bɔːlz/, U.S.

/bɔlz/,

/bɑlz/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ball n.¹

Etymology: < the plural of ball n.¹, after balls-up n. With to make a balls of compare balls v.

slang (chiefly British).

As a count noun. A mess-up, a mess, a disaster; = balls-up n. Esp. in to make a balls of: make a mess of, do badly, bungle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder

feery-fary1535

puddle1587

bauchle1600

vertigo1702

whemmel1817

mull1821

mix-up1841

scrimmage1852

embroilment1856

hash-up1860

brangle1865

mucker1867

unplight1876

car wreck1877

mix1882

mess-up1902

stirabout1905

pot mess1914

boorach1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

box1941

Chinese fire drill1943

snafu1943

foul-up1944

screw-up1950

snarl-up1960

tiswas1960

bumble-bath1965

clusterfuck1969

headfuck1983

car crash1992

katogo1994

dumpster fire2008

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle

miscarriage1590

bungle1656

bumble1823

boggle1834

muff1867

car wreck1877

mismove1877

miscue1882

muddle1884

bobble1887

mess-up1902

floater1913

bollock1919

fluff1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

snafu1943

foul-up1944

fuck-up1949

clusterfuck1969

car crash1992

dumpster fire2008

omnishambles2009

1938 G. Brownrigg Portrait in Windscreen iii. 306 Something's gone wrong with my thumb... I made a balls of that corner.

1945 D. Thomas Let. 10 Feb. (1987) 543 Looking again at my copying out of stanza one I see that I've made a balls of it, but I know you see what I'm after.

1978 L. Otto Nest of Hooks 61 He wouldn't know which way to point a camera and would make a balls of it if somebody showed him.

2010 @joedevlin89 27 July in twitter.com (accessed 23 Apr. 2020) That was a complete balls of a day. Even made me go 2 the bar 4 a while! Only 1 more day of stupid oclock 1 of normal oclock then off for 2!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

ballsv.

Brit.

/bɔːlz/, U.S.

/bɔlz/,

/bɑlz/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ball n.¹

Etymology: < the plural of ball n.¹, after balls-up n.

British slang.

transitive. To make a mess of, ruin. Frequently with up. Also intransitive: to blunder.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > confuse or disorder [verb (transitive)]

disparplea1400

rufflea1400

mingle-mangle1549

confound1553

jumblea1575

barbulye1588

Babelize1600

embroil1603

puddlea1616

confuse1630

jargogle1692

mishmash1694

to make a mull of1821

inturbidatea1834

bedevil1844

to ball up1884

jazz1914

scramble1927

balls1947

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle

botch1530

bungle1530

mumble1588

muddle1605

mash1642

bumble?1719

to fall through ——1726

fuck1776

blunder1805

to make a mull of1821

bitch1823

mess1823

to make a mess of1834

smudge1864

to muck up1875

boss1887

to make balls of1889

duff1890

foozle1892

bollocks1901

fluff1902

to make a muck of1903

bobble1908

to ball up1911

jazz1914

boob1915

to make a hash of1920

muff1922

flub1924

to make a hat of1925

to ass up1932

louse1934

screw1938

blow1943

to foul up1943

eff1945

balls1947

to make a hames of1947

to arse up1951

to fuck up1967

dork1969

sheg1981

bodge1984

1947 E. Taylor View of Harbour v. 76 You will balls everything up with your indifference.

1961 S. Price Just for Record viii. 72 The public would laugh fit to bust if someone really ballsed-up the Civil Service.

1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Powder Barrel xv. 160 Intelligence had ballsed again.

1991 A. McCarten Modest Apocalypse & Other Stories 43 Too clumsy—he'd ballsed it.

2004 K. Long Bad Mother's Handbk. (2005) ii. 30 Mum thinks ballsing up her own life makes her an expert on mine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

ballsint.

Brit.

/bɔːlz/, U.S.

/bɔlz/,

/bɑlz/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English balls.

Etymology: < balls, plural of ball n.¹ Compare ball n.¹ 12b(a).

slang.

Expressing annoyance: ‘damn, blast’. Also expressing disbelief or dismissal: ‘nonsense, rubbish’. Cf. bollocks int.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > nonsense! [interjection]

strawc1412

tilly-vallya1529

flam-flirt1590

fiddlestick1600

fiddle-faddle1671

stuff1701

snuff1725

fudge1766

fiddlededeea1784

rats1816

havers1825

humbug1825

gammon1827

rubbish1839

pickles1846

rot1846

skittle1864

slush1869

flapdoodle1878

quatsch1907

phooey1908

tommyrot1931

balls1938

no shit1939

bollocks1940

phonus-bolonus1955

hockey1961

leave it out!1969

1938 J. H. Preston Liberals xxxiii. 288 ‘Oh, balls!’ Greg said... ‘Why in hell couldn't father let us stay in jail?’

1960 L. Cooper Accomplices iv. v. 243 Fanciful? Balls! It's what happens.

1981 ‘J. Gash’ Lovejoy: Vatican Rip (1986) xi. 88 ‘Balls,’ I said calmly into her face. ‘Half your stuff is crap, love.’

2001 P. E. Furdon Maggie's Too iii. 19 ‘Salvi is gonna show us the skinniest house in Boston.’ ‘Oh balls,’ Derek muttered to himself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.1938

v.1947

int.1938

单词	balls
释义	ballsn. Brit. /bɔːlz/, U.S. /bɔlz/, /bɑlz/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ball n.¹ Etymology: < the plural of ball n.¹, after balls-up n. With to make a balls of compare balls v. slang (chiefly British). As a count noun. A mess-up, a mess, a disaster; = balls-up n. Esp. in to make a balls of: make a mess of, do badly, bungle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle miscarriage1590 bungle1656 bumble1823 boggle1834 muff1867 car wreck1877 mismove1877 miscue1882 muddle1884 bobble1887 mess-up1902 floater1913 bollock1919 fluff1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 snafu1943 foul-up1944 fuck-up1949 clusterfuck1969 car crash1992 dumpster fire2008 omnishambles2009 1938 G. Brownrigg Portrait in Windscreen iii. 306 Something's gone wrong with my thumb... I made a balls of that corner. 1945 D. Thomas Let. 10 Feb. (1987) 543 Looking again at my copying out of stanza one I see that I've made a balls of it, but I know you see what I'm after. 1978 L. Otto Nest of Hooks 61 He wouldn't know which way to point a camera and would make a balls of it if somebody showed him. 2010 @joedevlin89 27 July in twitter.com (accessed 23 Apr. 2020) That was a complete balls of a day. Even made me go 2 the bar 4 a while! Only 1 more day of stupid oclock 1 of normal oclock then off for 2! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). ballsv. Brit. /bɔːlz/, U.S. /bɔlz/, /bɑlz/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ball n.¹ Etymology: < the plural of ball n.¹, after balls-up n. British slang. transitive. To make a mess of, ruin. Frequently with up. Also intransitive: to blunder. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > confuse or disorder [verb (transitive)] disparplea1400 rufflea1400 mingle-mangle1549 confound1553 jumblea1575 barbulye1588 Babelize1600 embroil1603 puddlea1616 confuse1630 jargogle1692 mishmash1694 to make a mull of1821 inturbidatea1834 bedevil1844 to ball up1884 jazz1914 scramble1927 balls1947 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle botch1530 bungle1530 mumble1588 muddle1605 mash1642 bumble?1719 to fall through ——1726 fuck1776 blunder1805 to make a mull of1821 bitch1823 mess1823 to make a mess of1834 smudge1864 to muck up1875 boss1887 to make balls of1889 duff1890 foozle1892 bollocks1901 fluff1902 to make a muck of1903 bobble1908 to ball up1911 jazz1914 boob1915 to make a hash of1920 muff1922 flub1924 to make a hat of1925 to ass up1932 louse1934 screw1938 blow1943 to foul up1943 eff1945 balls1947 to make a hames of1947 to arse up1951 to fuck up1967 dork1969 sheg1981 bodge1984 1947 E. Taylor View of Harbour v. 76 You will balls everything up with your indifference. 1961 S. Price Just for Record viii. 72 The public would laugh fit to bust if someone really ballsed-up the Civil Service. 1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Powder Barrel xv. 160 Intelligence had ballsed again. 1991 A. McCarten Modest Apocalypse & Other Stories 43 Too clumsy—he'd ballsed it. 2004 K. Long Bad Mother's Handbk. (2005) ii. 30 Mum thinks ballsing up her own life makes her an expert on mine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). ballsint. Brit. /bɔːlz/, U.S. /bɔlz/, /bɑlz/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English balls. Etymology: < balls, plural of ball n.¹ Compare ball n.¹ 12b(a). slang. Expressing annoyance: ‘damn, blast’. Also expressing disbelief or dismissal: ‘nonsense, rubbish’. Cf. bollocks int. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > nonsense! [interjection] strawc1412 tilly-vallya1529 flam-flirt1590 fiddlestick1600 fiddle-faddle1671 stuff1701 snuff1725 fudge1766 fiddlededeea1784 rats1816 havers1825 humbug1825 gammon1827 rubbish1839 pickles1846 rot1846 skittle1864 slush1869 flapdoodle1878 quatsch1907 phooey1908 tommyrot1931 balls1938 no shit1939 bollocks1940 phonus-bolonus1955 hockey1961 leave it out!1969 1938 J. H. Preston Liberals xxxiii. 288 ‘Oh, balls!’ Greg said... ‘Why in hell couldn't father let us stay in jail?’ 1960 L. Cooper Accomplices iv. v. 243 Fanciful? Balls! It's what happens. 1981 ‘J. Gash’ Lovejoy: Vatican Rip (1986) xi. 88 ‘Balls,’ I said calmly into her face. ‘Half your stuff is crap, love.’ 2001 P. E. Furdon Maggie's Too iii. 19 ‘Salvi is gonna show us the skinniest house in Boston.’ ‘Oh balls,’ Derek muttered to himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1938v.1947int.1938
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