Sekirov Dictionary

cock-up

noun 3
cock up verb 1
forms 4

noun3

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(slang, vulgar) A mistake.
- And I'm sorry for all the cock-ups, my cabinet are absolute crap. We'll have to do better next year. — 2003
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(UK, no longer used) A superior letter; a lower-case letter placed above the baseline and made smaller than ordinary script; traditionally used in abbreviations.
- The first word of every section or chapter is generally put in small capitals, after a small neat cock-up letter. — 1824
(Scotland, no longer used) A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun.

cock up verb1

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(slang, vulgar) To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.
- It was cocking her up with gimcrack notions about ladies till she'd be ashamed to look at her own hands after she had done a day's work with them. — 1876

forms

cocked up · cocking up · cocks up · cock-ups

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