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Definition of a fuck up

fuck up

noun

verb - ambitransitive

verb - transitive

  • to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.)
    He really fucked that guy up!
    Thanks for fucking up my car.
                                                                                                     

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    Citation from "Chapter 10", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 4 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jan 06 2012. Submitted by Craig B. from New York, NY, USA on Nov 17 1998.

  • to damage a person emotionally.
    His ex-girlfriend really fucked him up.

    Last edited on Jan 04 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

  • by extension of the "damage or ruin (a thing)" meaning, to perform some task exceptionally well.
    Let's get out on the dance floor and fuck some shit up!

    Last edited on Jul 21 2012. Submitted by Sarah Lynn on Feb 23 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate':

Definitions include: an apology.
Definitions include: broken.
Definitions include: to jokingly deceive.
Definitions include: buttocks.
Definitions include: something self-defeating.
Definitions include: to do something inappropriate.
Definitions include: to botch.
Definitions include: to make something like ass.
Definitions include: to make a sexually inappropriate gesture or statement.
Definitions include: something that shouldn't be done.
Definitions include: broken or functioning poorly or improperly; "messed up".
Definitions include: sadistic; "messed up".
Definitions include: to pester or annoy.
Definitions include: inappropriate.
Definitions include: to ruin; "mess up".

Other terms relating to 'to attack, to fight':

Definitions include: to regulate, often by force.
Definitions include: to beat someone up.
Definitions include: to fight.
Definitions include: to attack, beat up.
Definitions include: to receive a beating.
Definitions include: to fight.
Definitions include: to fight.
Definitions include: to fight.
Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else.
Definitions include: to want to fight.
Definitions include: to be hit, punched, attacked.
Definitions include: to beat someone until they enter the fetal position (their body forming a tight ball.)
Definitions include: a beating.
Definitions include: to approach someone in a hostile manner.
Definitions include: to defeat.

Other terms relating to 'to break, ruin, destroy':

Definitions include: to cause a mechanism to stop functioning, or function more slowly.
Definitions include: to injure or destroy.
Definitions include: very cold.
Definitions include: to kill or destroy.
Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.)
Definitions include: great.
Definitions include: to break, to fail.
Definitions include: ruined.
Definitions include: to wreck a vehicle such that repairs would cost more than the value of the (unwrecked) vehicle.
Definitions include: a bug that makes hardware or software unusable.
Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs.
Definitions include: to steal.
Definitions include: to break, to fail.
Definitions include: in an update or sequel to a video game, to make a weapon weak or weaker, such that it's like a Nerf gun.
Definitions include: to have sex.

Other terms relating to 'to make a mistake, be incorrect, err':

Definitions include: exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.
Definitions include: to smoke marijuana.
Definitions include: to take LSD.
Definitions include: to botch.
Definitions include: an erection.
Definitions include: a breast.
Definitions include: to err; "mess up".
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: to not like something you like.
Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony.
Definitions include: to take advantage of.
Definitions include: See own goal.
Definitions include: a funny or silly person. Also goof-ball.
Definitions include: a replacement word for fuck.

Other terms relating to 'uncool person, jerk, asshole (general insults - list of)':

Definitions include: jerk, asshole, prick.
Definitions include: alternate spelling of douche.
Definitions include: a "slut" + "bitch".
Definitions include: a dumb, stupid, lame, or slow person.
Definitions include: a goofy, silly, or slightly strange person.
Definitions include: an insult.
Definitions include: a despicable person.
Definitions include: a derogatory term for an idiot.
Definitions include: a bad person.
Definitions include: a person little or no value.
Definitions include: a bad person.
Definitions include: an unpleasant or nasty person.
Definitions include: spelling variant of jabroni.
Definitions include: a derogatory term; "asshole"; "jerk".
Definitions include: plural of son of a bitch.

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Other terms relating to 'fuck':

Definitions include: "fuck you".
Definitions include: absolutely.
Definitions include: very absolutely.
Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
Definitions include: meaning caring about everything.
Definitions include: acronym of "adios mother fucker."
Definitions include: an intensifier.
Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
Definitions include: a person who is stupid or doing something dumb.
Definitions include: acronym for "bad-ass mother fucker".
Definitions include: "Get ready for some serious trouble."
Definitions include: acronym of "big fucking deal."
Definitions include: acronym for Butt-Fuck, Egypt.
Definitions include: a bitch-ass motherfucker.
Definitions include: to over-think something, well beyond what is needed; to consider and reconsider and reconsider again often leading to an inability to make a decision.

Other terms relating to 'up':

Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: to misbehave.
Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
Definitions include: to increase.
Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
Definitions include: to make something like ass.
Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
Definitions include: stupid.
Definitions include: strange / stupid.

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