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Browsing page 1 of words meaning to make a mistake, be incorrect, err (29 words total)
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- to make a mistake, be incorrect, err
- See also a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate
- See also apologies (list of)
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- blow – blower – bollocks – boner – boob – botch up – bugger up – choke – cock up – crash – d'oh – eagle trip – fat-finger – flub – foot gun – FUBAR – fuck up – fudge – get it twisted – goof – look like a monkey fucking a football – muck up – play – score an own goal – screw – screw the pooch – screw up – shoot (one's self) in the foot – trip
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blow
noun - uncountable
- cocaine.
Did you get any blow?
Citation from "Chapter 13", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: cocaine.
Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Elizabeth H. from Cumberland, BC, Canada on May 25 1998.
verb - ambitransitive
- to buy a round of alcohol.
The existence of this definition needs more evidence. (Editor.)
Citation from "Hey Bartender" (song), Floyd Dixon, 1955 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 28 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 27 2018.
verb - intransitive
- to be of poor quality, displeasing.
That movie really blew.
Citation from "Chapter 5", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2009) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "The King Is Dead", Family Guy (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2000) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to be bad, poor, to suck.
Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Kaeori from Kansas City, MO, USA on Oct 22 1997.
- to leave. Possibly originated in phrases such as "blow this popsicle stand" and "blow this joint".
Gotta blow, catch you later.
Citation from "There Is Another Sky", Caprica (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 5 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Carole from Monroe, LA, USA on Mar 07 2003.
- to snort (cocaine.)
Let's blow some coke.
- See more words with the same meaning: to do stimulants (e.g. methamphetamines, caffeine).
Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Mallory S. on Sep 16 2004.
verb - transitive
- to perform fellatio. See also blowjob.
She blew him last night.
Citation from "Oh Louie / Tickets", Louie (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: fellatio, 'blowjob'.
Last edited on Oct 27 2011. Submitted by Trevor Z. from Davis, CA, USA on Mar 02 1999.
- a generic insult; "eat me"; "bite me".
The definition is, technically, also "to perform fellatio." The meaning of the example sentence - a request for fellatio or an insult - depends on context.Blow me.
Citation from "Compassion", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: insults involving genitalia (list of).
Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Devil H. from Denver, CO, USA on Oct 19 2002.
- to do a bad job on something; fail; "screw up".
I really blew that job interview.
Citation from "Takedown", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Nov 20 2011. Submitted by Steve from Washington, DC, USA on May 31 2008.
- to spend indiscriminately.
He blew all his money on hookers and coke.
- See more words with the same meaning: to buy, spend.
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
- to have a particular BAC (blood alcohol content) measured by a breathalyzer.
I ran a stop sign and got pulled over. Fortunately, I only blew a .06, so I didn't get a DUI.
Last edited on Jul 29 2011. Submitted by Lurking Grue from University of South Carolina: General Information, 901 Sumter St # 207, Columbia, SC 29201, USA on Oct 09 2010.
- to exit a location.
Citation from "I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar", Family Guy (TV), Season 2 Episode 8 (2000) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 12 2012.
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blower
noun
- a person or object that erred.
You blower!
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Jun 10 1997. Submitted by Tamelia from MA, USA on Jun 10 1997.
- telephone.
Get on the blower.
- See more words with the same meaning: telephone, phone.
Last edited on Mar 11 1998. Submitted by Donna Wood from Switzerland on Mar 11 1998.
- a surprise; a big shock.
That's a real blower.
- See more words with the same meaning: surprised, surprising.
Last edited on Nov 13 1998. Submitted by Beenkie from St Louis, MO, USA on Nov 13 1998.
- the mouth.
- See more words with the same meaning: mouth.
Last edited on Apr 01 2006. Submitted by blah b. on Apr 01 2006.
- a fan.
The stock blower that came with my CPU was too loud.
Last edited on Jul 02 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 02 2013.
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bollocks
adjective
- bad.
I went to see the football. It was a bollocks match.
He was really crap at football, but he thought he was the bollocks.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Matthew R. from Blackpool, United Kingdom on May 31 2004.
interjection
- exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.
Oh, bollocks!
- See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: to be sad, disappointed.
Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
- exclamation of disbelief.
Citation from "Rebound", Lie To Me (TV), Season 3 Episode 10 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Episode 1", Misfits (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2009) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 19 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 12 2011.
noun - plural
- lies.
What a load of bollocks!
That conspiracy theory is complete bollocks.
- See more words with the same meaning: nonsense, lies.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Michael Fraser from New York, NY, USA on Dec 03 1997.
- something broken or messed up.
You made a right bollocks of that.
- See more words with the same meaning: broken.
Last edited on Aug 05 2010. Submitted by Steve on Oct 11 1999.
- exaggerated stories.
As usual Malcolm came to the pub and talked non-stop bollocks all evening.
- See more words with the same meaning: nonsense, lies.
Last edited on Aug 05 2010. Submitted by Matthew R. from Blackpool, United Kingdom on May 31 2004.
verb - transitive
- to screw up.
You've really bollocksed that up.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Aug 05 2010. Submitted by Steve on Oct 11 1999.
notes
- "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock.
I have itchy bollocks.
- See more words with the same meaning: testicles.
Last edited on Nov 19 2012. Submitted by Andy from Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK on Aug 21 1997.
origin
- Origin: UK.
- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
Last edited on Dec 02 2012. Submitted by Michael Fraser from New York, NY, USA on Dec 03 1997.
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boner
noun
- an erection.
My boner is showing through my pants.
Citation from "White Rice", American Dad (TV), Season 6 Episode 5 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls", American Dad (TV), Season 6 Episode 3 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Your boner is as hard as a rock!
- See more words with the same meaning: an erection.
Last edited on May 20 2013. Submitted by Anonymous from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Feb 18 1998.
- a disliked person.
Citation from "Mac and Charlie Write a Movie", It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 5 Episode 11 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: uncool person, jerk, asshole (general insults - list of).
Last edited on Jun 28 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 28 2010.
- a mistake. One usually pulls a boner.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
Last edited on Nov 25 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 25 2010.
verb - transitive
- to make a mistake.
I was sure I could make that bank shot, but I bonered it.
My date was going well, but then I spilled hot soup on her. I really bonered that date.
He was leading the race, but then he bonered it on that third turn, and spun out into the wall.
I studied for that test for weeks, but I still managed to boner it. I got a D-!
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Dec 22 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 02 2010.
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boob
noun
- a breast.
She got hit in the boob.
Citation from "Acid Queen", Reaper (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2008) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Everybody Flirts... Sometimes", Raising Hope (TV), Season 1 Episode 20 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Brothers and Sisters", Family Guy (TV), Season 9 Episode 15 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "See You Next Fall", Modern Family (TV), Season 2 Episode 23 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "The New Guy", Warehouse 13 (TV), Season 3 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Her boobs were sexy.
Her boobs swung to beating drums.
- See more words with the same meaning: breast, breasts.
Last edited on Dec 27 2017. Submitted by Steve H. from Northfield, NJ, USA on Oct 27 1997.
- fool; imbecile; "moron".
He is such a boob!
Citation from Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002 film) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.
Last edited on Jul 10 2011. Submitted by Sarah on Mar 23 2002.
- a mistake.
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 Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Matthew R. from Blackpool, United Kingdom on May 31 2004.
- the clasp of a necklace.
- See more words with the same meaning: jewelry (related to).
Last edited on Mar 09 2009. Submitted by bryana haas on Mar 09 2009.
verb
- to make a mistake.
You boobed again? You're fired.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on May 31 2004. Submitted by Matthew R. from Blackpool, United Kingdom on May 31 2004.
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botch up
verb - transitive
- to mess up.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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bugger up
verb
- to mess up.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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choke
noun - uncountable
- marijuana
Hey, you got any choke?
- See more words with the same meaning: marijuana.
Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Brian from Herndon, VA, USA on Feb 03 1998.
verb
- to smoke marijuana.
Go away, we're choking!
- See more words with the same meaning: to smoke marijuana.
Last edited on Feb 03 1998. Submitted by Brian from Herndon, VA, USA on Feb 03 1998.
verb - intransitive
- to fail to perform during a stressful situation.
I knew all the material on the test, but I choked.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Jan 03 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
- of a computer program, to fail due to input.
Citation from Common LISPcraft (book), Robert Wilensky, 1986 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Jan 03 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 03 2011.
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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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crash
noun
- a failure of software or an electronic device.
First my browser crashed, then the entire computer crashed.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
verb - ambitransitive
- of software or an electronic device, to fail.
The video drivers just crashed my system.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Nov 08 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
verb - intransitive
- to sleep.
I crashed over at his house last night.
I was so tired after work I just crashed.
She's kind of a sketcher. I can't believe you let her crash at your place.
- See more words with the same meaning: to sleep.
Last edited on Sep 23 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
- to live temporarily.
Person A: Do you have your own place yet?
Person B: No, I'm crashing at a friend's place in Midtown for now.
Citation from "You've Got Male", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jul 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 13 2011.
verb - transitive
- to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony. Origin: perhaps derived from a vehicular accident ("crash") which is both unexpected and unwanted.
I hate people who crash my party.
- See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.
Last edited on Oct 14 1998. Submitted by Ryan L. from Washington, DC, USA on Oct 14 1998.
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