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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 muddledplay

  Familiarity information: COCKUP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COCKUP (noun)


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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