Browsing page 1 of words meaning to make a mistake, be incorrect, err (26 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 – FUBAR – fuck up – fudge – get it twisted – goof – look like a monkey fucking a football – muck up – play – screw – screw the pooch – screw up – 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) blacked out to resolve 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 - intransitive
- to be of poor quality, displeasing.
That movie really blew.
Citation from "Chapter 5", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2009) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "The King Is Dead", Family Guy (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2000) blacked out to resolve 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 blacked out to resolve 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) blacked out to resolve 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) blacked out to resolve 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) blacked out to resolve 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) blacked out to resolve 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.
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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) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Episode 1", Misfits (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2009) blacked out to resolve 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) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls", American Dad (TV), Season 6 Episode 3 (2010) blacked out to resolve 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 blacked out to resolve 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) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Everybody Flirts... Sometimes", Raising Hope (TV), Season 1 Episode 20 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Brothers and Sisters", Family Guy (TV), Season 9 Episode 15 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "See You Next Fall", Modern Family (TV), Season 2 Episode 23 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "The New Guy", Warehouse 13 (TV), Season 3 Episode 1 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Her boobs were sexy.
- See more words with the same meaning: breast, breasts.
Last edited on May 13 2013. 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) blacked out to resolve 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 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 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 blacked out to resolve 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 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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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) blacked out to resolve 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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