fuckup

noun

1. an embarrassing mistake

• Syn:

↑blunder, ↑blooper, ↑bloomer, ↑bungle, ↑pratfall, ↑foul-up, ↑flub, ↑botch, ↑boner, ↑boo-boo

• Derivationally related forms:

↑botchy (for: ↑botch), ↑botch (for: ↑botch), ↑flub (for: ↑flub), ↑fuck up, ↑foul up (for: ↑foul-up), ↑bungle (for: ↑bungle), ↑blunder (for: ↑blunder)

• Hypernyms: ↑mistake, ↑error, ↑fault

• Hyponyms:

↑bobble, ↑snafu, ↑spectacle, ↑bull, ↑fumble, ↑muff, ↑fluff, ↑faux pas, ↑gaffe, ↑solecism, ↑slip, ↑gaucherie, ↑howler, ↑clanger, ↑trip, ↑trip-up, ↑stumble, ↑misstep

2. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

• Syn:

↑bungler, ↑blunderer, ↑fumbler, ↑bumbler, ↑stumbler, ↑sad sack, ↑botcher, ↑butcher

• Derivationally related forms:

↑butcherly (for: ↑butcher), ↑botch (for: ↑botcher), ↑stumble (for: ↑stumbler), ↑bumble (for: ↑bumbler), ↑fumble (for: ↑fumbler), ↑blunder (for: ↑blunderer), ↑bungle (for: ↑bungler)

• Hypernyms: ↑incompetent, ↑incompetent person

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ \ noun (-s)

1. : one who fucks up — usually considered vulgar

2. : botch : blunder — usually considered vulgar

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/fuk"up'/, n. Slang (vulgar).

1. a person who bungles or botches, esp. a habitual bungler.

2. a bungle or botch.

[1955-60; n. use of v. phrase fuck up]