Definition of a cock up

cock up

noun

a mistake. Usually hyphenated.

Citation from "I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat - but farm it properly", The Guardian (UK), George Monbiot, 6 September 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
Last edited on Apr 18 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 06 2010.

verb - transitive

to botch.
I cocked up the presentation.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Sep 23 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate':
cross the line	Definitions include: to do something inappropriate.
off-base	Definitions include: based on faulty information or suspicions.
boner	Definitions include: an erection.
bad beat	Definitions include: a disappointing event.
*sht**	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
snafu	Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up."
hosed	Definitions include: broken.
sitch	Definitions include: "situation".
my bad	Definitions include: an apology.
*fcked up**	Definitions include: disturbing.
deep doo-doo	Definitions include: serious trouble.
JANFU	Definitions include: acronym for "Joint Army [and] Navy fuck-up", i.e. a large mistake caused by both the Army and the Navy.
green	Definitions include: in agreement.
(one's) bad	Definitions include: See my bad.
doozy	Definitions include: something especially bad.
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Other terms relating to 'to make a mistake, be incorrect, err':
*fck up**	Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.)
foot gun	Definitions include: a feature of a specific technology that makes it easy to shoot (one's self) in the foot.
d'oh	Definitions include: exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.
boob	Definitions include: a breast.
trip	Definitions include: to take LSD.
bugger up	Definitions include: to mess up.
flub	Definitions include: to make a mistake.
get it twisted	Definitions include: to be mistaken.
screw up	Definitions include: to err; "mess up".
muck up	Definitions include: to ruin; "mess up".
boner	Definitions include: an erection.
play	Definitions include: sexual activity.
screw	Definitions include: to take advantage of.
goof	Definitions include: a funny or silly person. Also goof-ball.
*look like a monkey fcking a football**	Definitions include: to perform terribly.
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Other terms relating to 'cock':
*Amul Baby cck**	Definitions include: a very small penis.
BBC	Definitions include: acronym for "big black cock".
*bob for cck**	Definitions include: a phrase used in reference to someone under the influence of opiates who keeps nodding off with their mouth open, as it resembles performing fellatio.
CBT	Definitions include: acronym for "cock and ball torture", a form of sexual play.
*cck**	Definitions include: penis.
*cck and balls**	Definitions include: male genitalia.
*cckbag**	Definitions include: general insult; "jerk"; "asshole".
*cckblock**	Definitions include: a person - usually female - who prevents her female friends from meeting, talking to, making out with, or having sex with males.
*cck block**	Definitions include: to interfere with a male's attempt to talk to a prospective romantic or sexual partner.
*cck blocker**	Definitions include: a person who cock blocks.
*cck diesel**	Definitions include: very strong, muscular, ripped, big muscles
*cck fest**	Definitions include: any gathering, party, at which there are many more men than women.
*cckfest, cck*	Definitions include: Cockfest, BIG PARTY.
*cck gobbler**	Definitions include: a person who you felt betrayed by or feel a strong dislike for.
*cck hamper**	Definitions include: in reference to a mouth.
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6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
*as fcked up as a football bat**	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
*ate up with the dumb ss**	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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