Definition of fail

fail

adjective

failing or simply generally bad.
Yeah, the publisher's website for the book has been fail for a long time.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
Last edited on Sep 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2011.

interjection

exclamation used to acknowledge or mock an instance of failure.
Fail.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Dec 22 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 22 2010.

noun

an instance of failure.
The team's homecoming game performance was a fail.




Citation from "Epic Win", Slate, Christopher Beam, Oct 15 2008 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.


Citation from "article title", Business Insider, Julia La Roche, November 15 2011 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2009.

noun - uncountable

some amount of a bad thing. Contrast with win.
There was so much fail in that video.
- See more words with the same meaning: something of poor quality, bad, sucks.
Last edited on Oct 22 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 22 2010.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing':
hellacious	Definitions include: terrible.
nas	Definitions include: abbreviation of "heinous."
chump	Definitions include: a general insult.
RNG hell	Definitions include: of a video game, excessively difficult because positive things happen with very low frequency, and/or negative things happen with very high frequency.
salty	Definitions include: mean or disrespectful.
*ssful	Definitions include: displeasing.
lovely	Definitions include: bad, unfortunate, inconvenient, etc.
hack	Definitions include: to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.)
pish	Definitions include: inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality.
from hunger	Definitions include: run down or impoverished.
*suck a bag of dcks**	Definitions include: an insult or retort.
rinky-dink	Definitions include: easy or unchallenging.
tow up	Definitions include: displeasing.
drag	Definitions include: a person's story: what they would have you believe.
brutal	Definitions include: extremely horrendous, embarrassing or harsh.
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Other terms relating to 'something of poor quality, bad, sucks':
*horse sht**	Definitions include: nonsense
disastrophe	Definitions include: a "disaster" + "catastrophe".
stank	Definitions include: with poor personal hygiene / promiscuous / generally gross.
pap	Definitions include: a person who isn't liked in general.
nightmare	Definitions include: something very difficult.
bust	Definitions include: an event with a displeasing outcome.
*sht**	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
dog	Definitions include: a friend.
crap-fest	Definitions include: something in which there will be a lot of crap involved.
lame sauce	Definitions include: something lame.
piece	Definitions include: a graffiti mural.
lemon	Definitions include: a motor vehicle with many mechanical problems.
cronk	Definitions include: something of poor quality; "piece of crap".
Other terms relating to 'to lose, be defeated, fail':
also-ran	Definitions include: a loser.
go tits-up	Definitions include: to fail.
screw the pooch	Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake.
go up in smoke	Definitions include: to fail.
grasp at straws	Definitions include: to make a futile attempt.
bite it	Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground.
*get btch-slapped**	Definitions include: to be bitch-slapped.
*look like a monkey fcking a football**	Definitions include: to perform terribly.
flail	Definitions include: to engage in a repetitive behavior with extreme dedication and in excess, while under the influence of methamphetamine.
jobber	Definitions include: a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal.
drop the ball	Definitions include: to fail in one's responsibilities.
pillage	Definitions include: to defeat soundly.
take an l	Definitions include: "take a loss", i.e. to suffer a loss in a competition.
*get (one's) ss handed to**	Definitions include: to be severely defeated.
die	Definitions include: to stop working.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'fail':
Daily Fail	Definitions include: pejorative nickname for the British daily tabloid newspaper Daily Mail.
epic fail	Definitions include: a large failure.
fail a fortitude save	Definitions include: to be ill, drunk, or otherwise unhealthy, or affected negatively by a substance.
fail a reflex save	Definitions include: A reference to a dungeons and dragons term that means to have poor reaction time. Also, to fall, drop and object, or to fail to get out of the path of a moving object.
fail a will save	Definitions include: A dungeons and dragons term that refers to being gullible or mislead.
fail whale	Definitions include: an image displayed on the Twitter website when the website is unavailable.