Definition of 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 blacked out to resolve 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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