cockup
Americannoun
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an upward turn or curl at the top of something.
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a cap or hat with the front turned up.
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British Slang. mess; botch.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012verb
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(of an animal) to raise (its ears), esp in an alert manner
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slang to botch
Etymology
Origin of cockup
Example Sentences
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The result was an epic cockup, a pseudo-event exposed as political burlesque.
From Salon
All of these segment hosts will be terrified of a similar cockup and an eternity of shame on YouTube.
From The Guardian
It is a measure of the suppressed hysteria that Oscar night engenders that this egregious cockup is the subject of its very own “truther” conspiracy – a theory that it was deliberately contrived to boost ratings.
From The Guardian
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