Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ballup

1 sense of ballup

Sense 1
ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up -- (something badly botched or muddled)
       => mistake, error, fault -- (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults")