MESS-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mess-up mean? 

• MESS-UP (noun)
  The noun MESS-UP has 1 sense:

1. something badly botched or muddled

  Familiarity information: MESS-UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESS-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something badly botched or muddled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

balls-up; ballup; cockup; mess-up

Hypernyms ("mess-up" 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)

Derivation:

mess up (make a mess of, destroy or ruin)