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ball up
Confuse or bungle, as in Jane got all balled up at the beginning of her speech , or Henry really balled up that exam . This term may come from the fact that when a horse is driven over soft or partly thawed snow, the snow becomes packed into icy balls on its hoofs, making it stumble. Another theory is that it alludes to the vulgar term balls for testicles. [First half of 1900s]
Roll something into a ball, as in She loved to knit and was always balling up her yarn . [Early 1800s]
Example Sentences
Speed to push the ball up the court and play fast.
But with 28 seconds left, Claude brought the ball up the court, only to have it poked away.
In the first round, he jumped over a car that had been parked under the basket with a person holding the ball up through an open sun roof, finishing with a reverse dunk.
Before Stroud scooped the loose ball up and fired the strike across his body, the Texans’ offense had produced just 86 net yards.
Brighton were searching for an equaliser just before the hour mark when Pedro flicked the ball up in the air in the Arsenal penalty area.
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