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COCKUP

• COCKUP (noun)
The noun COCKUP has 1 sense:

1. something badly botched or muddled

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

• COCKUP (noun)

Sense 1

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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; GB; 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)

"If you were born to be shot, you'll never be hung."
(English proverb)
"He who laughs last, laughs best."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"Fortune seldom repeats; troubles never occur alone."
(Chinese proverb)
"What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of mistake
Meaning of Great Britain
Meaning of U.K.
Meaning of UK
Pronunciation of United Kingdom

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