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COCKUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cockup mean?
• COCKUP (noun)
The noun COCKUP has 1 sense:
1. something badly botched or muddled
Familiarity information: COCKUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something badly botched or muddled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
balls-up; ballup; cockup; mess-up
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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