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fuckup

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈfʌkʌp/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A serious mistake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: vulgar

Examples

  • Forgetting our anniversary was a major fuckup.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: screwup, aberration, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, disadventure, error, fault, faux pas, floater, flub, fluff, fuckup, gaffe, goof, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, lapsus, mess-up, misadventure, misstep, mistake, oopsy, slip, slip-up, slipup, stumble, thinko, wrength, solecism, erroneity

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who continually makes mistakes; a person who fucks up a lot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, vulgar

Examples

  • You've got to fire that fuckup.
  • I can't believe she's dating that colossal fuckup. All he does is yap about baseball.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: screwup

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A mentally or emotionally damaged person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, offensive, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: screwup

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an embarrassing mistake

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mistake, error, fault

Narrower terms: bobble, snafu, spectacle, bull, fumble, muff, fluff, faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie, howler, clanger, trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep

5

noun

Meaning 5

someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: incompetent, incompetent person

History

Etymology

Deverbal from fuck up.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: fokop — serious mistake
  • Esperanto: fuŝo — serious mistake
  • Finnish: kämmi — serious mistake
  • Finnish: moka — serious mistake
  • Finnish: sähläys — serious mistake
  • French: connerie — serious mistake
  • Galician: cagada — serious mistake
  • Polish: porażka — serious mistake
  • Russian: проёб (projób) — serious mistake
  • Spanish: embarrada — serious mistake
  • Spanish: quilombo — serious mistake
  • Spanish: cagada — serious mistake
  • Afrikaans: fokop — person making mistakes
  • Esperanto: fuŝulo — person making mistakes
  • Finnish: kämmäri — person making mistakes
  • Finnish: mokailija — person making mistakes
  • Finnish: mogari — person making mistakes
  • Finnish: sähläri — person making mistakes
  • Finnish: tunari — person making mistakes
  • French: boulet — person making mistakes
  • French: branquignol — person making mistakes
  • Polish: zjeb — person making mistakes
  • Polish: nieogar — person making mistakes
  • Polish: pierdoła — person making mistakes
  • Russian: долбоёб (dolbojób) — person making mistakes
  • Spanish: tarado — person making mistakes
  • Spanish: boludo — person making mistakes
  • Spanish: pelotudo — person making mistakes
  • Spanish: idiota — person making mistakes
  • Spanish: patán — person making mistakes
  • Afrikaans: fokop — ineffective person
  • Esperanto: sentaŭgulo — ineffective person
  • Esperanto: neniulo — ineffective person
  • French: boulet — ineffective person
  • French: cassos — ineffective person
  • French: raté — ineffective person
  • French: trimard — ineffective person
  • French: branquignol — ineffective person
  • French: branque — ineffective person
  • Polish: zjeb — ineffective person
  • Polish: pajac — ineffective person
  • Polish: popierdółka — ineffective person
  • Russian: распиздяй (raspizdjaj) — ineffective person
  • Spanish: menzo — ineffective person