fuck up meaning

Definition of fuck up

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
   • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

   Synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up

   Type of: fail

   Related forms: fuckup

How to pronounce fuck up

fuck up is pronounced /fʌk ʌp/ in British English and /fʌk ʌp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.