COCKUP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something badly botched or muddled

Synonyms:

balls-up; ballup; cockup; mess-up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cockup" is a kind of...):

error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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