cockup (ˈkɒkˌʌp
)
Definitions
noun
- British slang something done badly
verb
- (of an animal) to raise (its ears), esp in an alert manner
- British slang to botch
Usage examples
`Priabin, you're bloody lucky your skin's still intact after the cockup in Stockholm -- and the arrest of this man Lescombe.
, The Last Raven (1990)A red-faced RSC will now have to tell schools of its tragic cockup.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)Look at the cockup our parents made of the last war and now they have the bomb no one's bloody safe.
, WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS (2002)