Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To vomit or hack up.

    My cat is always cacking up hairballs.

  2. (slang, transitive)To mess up; to get seriously wrong.

    OmniCorp has really cacked up this problem.

  3. (intransitive)To become plugged up.

    The pipe has cacked up again, so I'm calling a plumber.

Forms

cacks up, cacking up, cacked up, cacked up
Base formcack up · to cack up
3rd person singularcacks up
Present participlecacking up
Past simplecacked up
Past participlecacked up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycack up
he, she, itcacks up

Past simpleLesson

all personscacked up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cacked up
he, she, ithas cacked up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cack up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Word family

3 related words
Relatedbecackcacacack

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
caboodlecacaocachecacklecacophonycactus
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