| 单词 | to ball up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ball up 6. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to ball up. extracted from ballv.2ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > fail examination fizzle1847 flunk1848 to ball up1856 spin1869 muff1884 1856 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words (rev. ed.) 19 Ball up, at Middlebury College, to fail at recitation or examination. b. transitive. To clog or tangle; to bring into a state of entanglement, confusion, or difficulty. Frequently as past participle, esp. in balled up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up fordita800 forstop?c1225 estopa1420 accloy1422 ferma1522 clam1527 quar1542 cloy1548 dam1553 occlude1581 clog1586 impeach1586 bung1589 gravel1602 impediment1610 stifle1631 foul1642 obstipate1656 obturate1657 choke1669 blockade1696 to flop up1838 jama1865 to ball up1884 gunge1976 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 > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make difficult or complex > and confused snarl1653 to ball up1884 to snarl up1937 1884 C. Lummis Let. 30 Oct. in Lett. from Southwest (1989) 53 That knapsack balls me all up. 1885 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) II. xxv. 465 It will ‘ball up’ the binderies again. 1887 Harper's Mag. Sept. 605/2 ‘You seem balled up about something.’..‘Balled up!.. I'm done for.’ 1896 G. Ade Artie xi. 98 She had him balled up till he couldn't say a word. 1930 D. Parker Laments for Living 6 I didn't mean to say that. You get me so balled up. 1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman xi. 128 Gee, I'm sorry I was late! I got all balled-up over the time. 1959 J. Drummond Black Unicorn xiv. 100 These electrical devices are always getting balled up. 2001 Energy User News (Nexis) 1 Jan. 14 They get so balled up that they can't agree. c. transitive. To ruin; to make a mess of. Cf. balls v. ΘΚΠ 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 1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights ix. 238 Every time old Hen stepped, he balled things up worse. 1952 J. Thompson Killer inside Me v. 28 I've tried to do you a favor. If you ball it up, it's your headache. 2005 S. Amick Lake, River & Other Lake xix. 85 The only thing that could maybe ball it up would be if people acted like jerkoffs around him. < as lemmas |
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