Definitions for mess up

Definitions for (verb) mess up

Main entry: mess, mess up

Definition: make a mess of or create disorder in

Usage: He messed up his room


Main entry: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up

Definition: disturb the smoothness of

Usage: ruffle the surface of the water


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

Definition: make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Usage: I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement


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