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Meanings of cockup in English

Catalan
merder
Spanish
lío

Something badly botched or muddled.

merder
Synonyms
Examples for "ballup"
Examples for "ballup"
1
I've made a right balls-up of this from start to finish.
Report for Murder
2
We know what a balls-up our masters have made at home.
Jem
3
He knew he was making a right old balls-up of this.
The Naked God
4
It's an absolute balls-up... the whole of New Zealand's transport system is really really fragile.
Radio NZ
5
Not after the balls-up you made of things the last time I stepped out for a moment.
From hell with love
1
What is this?' She said there was a confusion, there was a mess-up.
The Guardian
2
And if I did, it would just be in my messed-up fantasies.
World After
3
Prob'ly lookin' at all them dead, messed-up faces and playin' with hisself!
Swan Song
4
You are entitled to a couple of mess-ups along the way.
The Guardian
Usage of cockup in English
1
Grunwald tried to be gentle but candid about the driver's license cockup: It wasn't great.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
2
Those who cockup had better take out insurance.
The Irish Times
3
It was a total ongoing cockup.
Patient Zero
4
I'll do my best to pick you up in a day or two, if this cockup gets sorted by then.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
Both the US and UK have their litany of favourite defence procurement cockups.
The Guardian
6
King and Crewe reckon that Labour and Tory governments are equally prone to cockups.
The Guardian
7
On the 14th he anchored in the straits of See Cockup (Si Kakap), which divide the Northern from the Southern Pagi.
The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
Frequent collocations
Translations for cockup
Spanish
lío