fuckup (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *fuckup*:
NOUN	person	fuckup, bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
act	fuckup, blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo	an embarrassing mistake

English > *fuckup*: 2 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
Synonyms	bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher
Broader	incompetent, incompetent person	someone who is not competent to take effective action
Spanish	chapucero, chapuzas, desatinado, frangollón, fumbler, incapaz, incompetente, inepto, manazas, negado, patoso, tapagujeros, topo, torpe, tropezador
Catalan	barroer, destraler, potiner

English > *fuckup*: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	An embarrassing mistake.
Synonyms	blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
Narrower	bobble	The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
	bull	A serious and ludicrous blunder
	clanger	A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
	faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie	A socially awkward or tactless act
	fluff	A blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
	fumble, muff	(sports) dropping the ball
	howler	A glaring blunder
	snafu	An acronym often used by soldiers in World War II
	spectacle	A blunder that makes you look ridiculous
	trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep	An unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Broader	mistake, error, fault	A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Spanish	blooper, boner, buñuelo, cagada, caída, cantada, cante, chapucear, chapucería, chapuza, disparate, embrollo, equivocación, error, estropeo, flub, gazapatón, gazapo, metedura de pata, patinazo, patochada, pifia, plancha
Catalan	boner, bunyol, espifiada, flub, nyap, pífia
Verbs	fuck up	make a mess of, destroy or ruin

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