Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)The act of botching something; an incompetent mistake.

  2. (Australia, informal)A prank.

Origin

Deverbal from muck up.

Deverbal from muck up.

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Forms

plural: muck-ups
Singularmuck-up
Pluralmuck-ups

regular

Synonyms

54 synonyms
aberrationC2breakA2errorA2faultA2lapseC1mistakeA2slipB1stumbleB1larkB2ragB2trickA2mess-upbloomerblooper

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmuck-up day

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
muchA1muckmucousmucusmudB1
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