ball up
phrasal verbwithballverb[T]uk/bɔːl/us/bɑːl/
toforminto theshapeof aball:
Theants'nestsurvivesfloodsby balling up around thequeenandrollinguntil itreachessomethingdry.
Some of theoilthatleakedfrom thevesselmay have already balled up andsunkto theoceanbottom.
tositorliein apositionwithyourarmsandlegsclosetoyourbody:
Unable toopenthefrontdoor, shefloppeddown, balled up andthrewatantrum.
Bending, twisting and curving
- bendy
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- buckled
- crook
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- twine
- wring