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FOUL-UP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An embarrassing mistake
Synonyms:
bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("foul-up" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foul-up"):
bobble (the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball)
snafu (an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up)
spectacle (a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase 'make a spectacle of' yourself)
bull (a serious and ludicrous blunder)
fumble; muff ((sports) dropping the ball)
fluff (a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines))
faux pas; gaffe; gaucherie; slip; solecism (a socially awkward or tactless act)
howler (a glaring blunder)
clanger (a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate)
misstep; stumble; trip; trip-up (an unintentional but embarrassing blunder)
Derivation:
foul up (make a mess of, destroy or ruin)
