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Definition of fuck up
fuck up
noun
- a person who messes up; "a screw up".
He got fired because he was a fuck-up.
You are a fuck-up.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
- See more words with the same meaning: uncool person, jerk, asshole (general insults - list of).
Last edited on May 14 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 24 1999.
- a mistake. Hyphenated.
Guys, we've got a pretty serious fuck-up on our hands.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
Last edited on Jan 04 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
verb - ambitransitive
- to perform a task especially poorly; "screw up".
You really fucked up this job.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Jan 04 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 24 1999.
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.
Citation from "Chapter 5", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2009) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
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Citation from "Chapter 10", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 4 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to attack, to fight.
- See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.
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: injured. | |
| Definitions include: something especially bad. | |
| Definitions include: To accidentally press an adjacent button, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. | |
| Definitions include: See my bad. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: in agreement. | |
| Definitions include: a disappointing event. | |
| Definitions include: Fuckward. | |
| Definitions include: See bullshit. | |
| Definitions include: censored version of "bullshit". | |
| Definitions include: a mean person; "jerk"; "asshole". | |
| Definitions include: an apology. | |
| Definitions include: In reverse or totally incorrect | |
| Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below. | |
| Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up." | |
Other terms relating to 'to attack, to fight': | |
| Definitions include: to severely beat up or injure. | |
| Definitions include: to "step up" to a fight. | |
| Definitions include: to break or ruin. | |
| Definitions include: to hit. Often spoken as a sound effect when playfully hitting a friend, especially when they do or say something stupid. | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: to physically beat. | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: to hit, attack. | |
| Definitions include: to beat; to attack, especially with one's fists. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in intimate physical contact, usually intercourse. Also jump (one's) bones. | |
| Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else. | |
| Definitions include: to regulate, often by force. | |
| Definitions include: to defeat. | |
Other terms relating to 'to break, ruin, destroy': | |
| Definitions include: a bug that makes hardware or software unusable. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs. | |
| Definitions include: high-grade marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to. | |
| Definitions include: to break, to fail. | |
| 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: stiff, sore. | |
| Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: to overwhelm a web site with massive amounts of traffic due to Slashdot linking to it. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to break or ruin. | |
| 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. | |
Other terms relating to 'to make a mistake, be incorrect, err': | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to take advantage of. | |
| Definitions include: to smoke marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: confused, ruined; "messed up". | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: To accidentally press an adjacent button, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. | |
| Definitions include: a funny or silly person. Also goof-ball. | |
| Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake. | |
| Definitions include: to botch. | |
| Definitions include: a person or object that erred. | |
| Definitions include: to not like something you like. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: to perform terribly. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment. | |
| Definitions include: to take LSD. | |
Other terms relating to 'uncool person, jerk, asshole (general insults - list of)': | |
| Definitions include: a despicable person. | |
| Definitions include: a bad person. | |
| Definitions include: a general insult. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is being an idiot or a stupid ass. | |
| Definitions include: an insult. | |
| Definitions include: a useless person. | |
| Definitions include: mouth. | |
| Definitions include: to expel air from one's vagina. | |
| Definitions include: censored version of fuckstick. | |
| Definitions include: a derogatory term, usually for an unkind male. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: censored version of "mother fucker". | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling/pronunciation of "bitch. | |
| Definitions include: a loser. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling/pronunciation of "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: acronym of "adios mother fucker." | |
| Definitions include: an intensifier. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is stupid or doing something dumb. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "bad-ass mother fucker". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "big fucking deal." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for Butt-Fuck, Egypt. | |
| Definitions include: Stands for big fucking nowhere i.e. suburbs | |
| 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. | |
| Definitions include: A so called friend that's fucking one of your ex-girlfriends or girlfriend without your expressed consent or permission | |
| Definitions include: "butt fuck". | |
| Definitions include: of a person, crazy. | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| 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: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
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