cock-upn.¹adj.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkʌp/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkˌəp/

Forms: 1600s cockupp, 1700s– cockup.

Etymology: < cock v.¹ + up adv.¹, after uses of the verb with up as adverbial modifier.With senses A. 1, A. 2, B. 1, and B. 2 compare cock v.¹ II. Compare cock n.⁸ With sense A. 3 compare to cock up 3a at cock v.¹ Phrasal verbs.

A. n.¹

†1. Originally Scottish. A women's hairstyle popular in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, consisting of a very high gathering of hair supported internally by a pad or wire frame; a pad or frame worn as part of such a style. Also: a high headdress resembling this style and supported in a similar way. Cf. cockernony n., commode n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > tall

turret1473

high head1580

towerc1612

fontange1685

commodea1687

cop1688

toppingc1690

cock-up1692

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > accessories worn in the hair > [noun] > pad or cushion

roll1532

cock-up1692

cushion1774

system1778

toque1817

rat1863

mouse1866

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair

roll1538

puff1601

Tuscan-top1602

cock-up1692

turban1727

bird's nest1730

rooter1840

coxcomb1843

roach1872

flop1900

Buster Brown1904

peppercorn1910

upsweep1946

bouffant1955

beehive1960

Prince Valiant1964

blow-dry1966

Mary Stuart1966

bouffy1970

Mohawk haircut1979

Mohican1983

fauxhawk2000

1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iii. 108 I have been this year of God preaching against the vanity of Women, yet I see my own Daughter in the Kirk even now have as high a Cockupp as any of you all.

1728 P. Walker Some Remarkable Passages Life A. Peden (ed. 3) 145 About Thirty Years ago, when Cockups were in Fashion, some of them Half-Yard high, set with Wires.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 309 Your cockups and your fal-lal duds—see what they a' come to.

2. An upturned tip or end, esp. on a part of the body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > end > specific feature

cock-up1755

cock1819

1755 London Evening-Post 11 Sept. 4/2 A round set Man,..and black heavy eye-browed, big-nosed, wide Nostrils, and a Cock-up in the Point.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) II. 429 The cock-up of the nose, which seems..to be snuffing up intelligence.

1940 J. Hornell in Mariner's Mirror 26 141 In the cock-up of the prow, the deck arrangement and the lateen rig, modern Egyptian and Arab influences have completely ousted the old cultural traits.

2013 M. Huber in A. R. Kadakia Innovations in Cavus Foot Deformity 694 Cock-up of the great toe causes further depression of the first metatarsal.

3. colloquial. An error, a mistake, a blunder. Also occasionally: a mess, a muddle. Cf. to cock up 3a at cock v.¹ Phrasal verbs.Rare in North American usage.In later use sometimes contrasted with conspiracy in phrases humorously indicating that something is more likely to be the result of inadvertent error or incompetence than of covert planning by a sinister or powerful group; cf. cock-up theory n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder

blunder1706

blunderbuss1726

floor1841

bull1846

howler1872

atrocity1878

break1884

bloomer1889

boner1912

bish1937

black1939

blue1941

cock-up1946

piss-up1950

screw-up1950

blob1952

1946 K. Amis Let. 5 Sept. (2000) 87 The postal service between the two countries is a cock-up.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 44 He made a complete cock-up of his orders.

1964 J. Porter Dover One i. 11 George turned the local boys on it and you've never seen such a cock-up in your life!

1985 Headlight June 4/2 I don't know whether the undoubted irregularities in some areas during the ballot..were due to conspiracy or cock-up.

2013 Daily Tel. 14 June 22/2 Those officials whose career progress appears unaffected by spending cock-ups which have cost taxpayers millions or even billions.

B. adj.

1. Esp. of a part of the body: having an upturned tip or end.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose

cammed?c1350

camoisc1380

snatteda1387

camoisedc1515

flat1560

hawked1577

rising1606

simous1634

aquiline1646

Roman1665

snoutya1685

suspense1697

rhinocerical1710

rhinocerotic1755

Bardolphian1756

cock-up1763

bridgeless1772

retroussé1802

snubbed1802

snubbish1828

snubby1828

snipish1834

snub1843

pugged1847

puggisha1849

tip-tilted1872

saddleback1897

beak-sharp1933

spitzy1968

1763 St. James's Mag. Sept. 15 A look that spoke, lips like the opening rose,..and a little cock-up nose.

1797 Weekly Entertainer 14 Aug. 137 High forehead, oblong face,..pouting lips, cock-up chin.

1832 L. Hunt To J. H. in Poems i With cock-up nose so lightsome.

2000 S. T. Hansen Functional Reconstruction of Foot & Ankle xx. 391 The extensor hallucis longus can force the great toe into a cock-up position.

2. Printing and Typography. Of a capital initial letter: set in a larger font than following capital letters in the same word, and so extending above the top line of the other letters. Now rare.Such letters are typically used as the first letter of the first word of a part or section of a text.

ΚΠ

1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. iii. 33 The first word of every section or chapter is generally put in small capitals, after a small neat cock-up letter.

1936 Newspaper World 27 June 49/1 How are lines commencing with upstanding (cock-up) initial letters set on the Linotype? Is the matter carried on one, or more, slugs?

Compounds

cock-up theory n. British humorous a theory that the most likely explanation for the occurrence of an event or phenomenon is inadvertent error or incompetence; often contrasted with conspiracy theory n. at conspiracy n. Additions 4.Originally and often in cock-up theory of history: the theory that the course of history is determined by a series of errors or instances of incompetence.

ΚΠ

1970 Guardian 3 Sept. 10/3 Peter Jenkins believes in the ‘cock-up’ theory of history. There are no conspiracies, no villains, and very few heroes, everything can be explained by reference to an endless series of confusions, mistakes, and misjudgements.

1989 Daily Mail 8 Sept. 29/4 In peace, as in war, it is the cock-up theory of events that really matters.

2011 Economist (Electronic ed.) 26 Jan. Cassandra does not have much time for conspiracy theories (all too often it is the cock-up theory that explains history).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cock-up
释义	cock-upn.¹adj. Brit. /ˈkɒkʌp/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌəp/ Forms: 1600s cockupp, 1700s– cockup. Etymology: < cock v.¹ + up adv.¹, after uses of the verb with up as adverbial modifier.With senses A. 1, A. 2, B. 1, and B. 2 compare cock v.¹ II. Compare cock n.⁸ With sense A. 3 compare to cock up 3a at cock v.¹ Phrasal verbs. A. n.¹ †1. Originally Scottish. A women's hairstyle popular in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, consisting of a very high gathering of hair supported internally by a pad or wire frame; a pad or frame worn as part of such a style. Also: a high headdress resembling this style and supported in a similar way. Cf. cockernony n., commode n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > tall turret1473 high head1580 towerc1612 fontange1685 commodea1687 cop1688 toppingc1690 cock-up1692 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > accessories worn in the hair > [noun] > pad or cushion roll1532 cock-up1692 cushion1774 system1778 toque1817 rat1863 mouse1866 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair roll1538 puff1601 Tuscan-top1602 cock-up1692 turban1727 bird's nest1730 rooter1840 coxcomb1843 roach1872 flop1900 Buster Brown1904 peppercorn1910 upsweep1946 bouffant1955 beehive1960 Prince Valiant1964 blow-dry1966 Mary Stuart1966 bouffy1970 Mohawk haircut1979 Mohican1983 fauxhawk2000 1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iii. 108 I have been this year of God preaching against the vanity of Women, yet I see my own Daughter in the Kirk even now have as high a Cockupp as any of you all. 1728 P. Walker Some Remarkable Passages Life A. Peden (ed. 3) 145 About Thirty Years ago, when Cockups were in Fashion, some of them Half-Yard high, set with Wires. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 309 Your cockups and your fal-lal duds—see what they a' come to. 2. An upturned tip or end, esp. on a part of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > end > specific feature cock-up1755 cock1819 1755 London Evening-Post 11 Sept. 4/2 A round set Man,..and black heavy eye-browed, big-nosed, wide Nostrils, and a Cock-up in the Point. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) II. 429 The cock-up of the nose, which seems..to be snuffing up intelligence. 1940 J. Hornell in Mariner's Mirror 26 141 In the cock-up of the prow, the deck arrangement and the lateen rig, modern Egyptian and Arab influences have completely ousted the old cultural traits. 2013 M. Huber in A. R. Kadakia Innovations in Cavus Foot Deformity 694 Cock-up of the great toe causes further depression of the first metatarsal. 3. colloquial. An error, a mistake, a blunder. Also occasionally: a mess, a muddle. Cf. to cock up 3a at cock v.¹ Phrasal verbs.Rare in North American usage.In later use sometimes contrasted with conspiracy in phrases humorously indicating that something is more likely to be the result of inadvertent error or incompetence than of covert planning by a sinister or powerful group; cf. cock-up theory n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder blunder1706 blunderbuss1726 floor1841 bull1846 howler1872 atrocity1878 break1884 bloomer1889 boner1912 bish1937 black1939 blue1941 cock-up1946 piss-up1950 screw-up1950 blob1952 1946 K. Amis Let. 5 Sept. (2000) 87 The postal service between the two countries is a cock-up. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 44 He made a complete cock-up of his orders. 1964 J. Porter Dover One i. 11 George turned the local boys on it and you've never seen such a cock-up in your life! 1985 Headlight June 4/2 I don't know whether the undoubted irregularities in some areas during the ballot..were due to conspiracy or cock-up. 2013 Daily Tel. 14 June 22/2 Those officials whose career progress appears unaffected by spending cock-ups which have cost taxpayers millions or even billions. B. adj. 1. Esp. of a part of the body: having an upturned tip or end. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose cammed?c1350 camoisc1380 snatteda1387 camoisedc1515 flat1560 hawked1577 rising1606 simous1634 aquiline1646 Roman1665 snoutya1685 suspense1697 rhinocerical1710 rhinocerotic1755 Bardolphian1756 cock-up1763 bridgeless1772 retroussé1802 snubbed1802 snubbish1828 snubby1828 snipish1834 snub1843 pugged1847 puggisha1849 tip-tilted1872 saddleback1897 beak-sharp1933 spitzy1968 1763 St. James's Mag. Sept. 15 A look that spoke, lips like the opening rose,..and a little cock-up nose. 1797 Weekly Entertainer 14 Aug. 137 High forehead, oblong face,..pouting lips, cock-up chin. 1832 L. Hunt To J. H. in Poems i With cock-up nose so lightsome. 2000 S. T. Hansen Functional Reconstruction of Foot & Ankle xx. 391 The extensor hallucis longus can force the great toe into a cock-up position. 2. Printing and Typography. Of a capital initial letter: set in a larger font than following capital letters in the same word, and so extending above the top line of the other letters. Now rare.Such letters are typically used as the first letter of the first word of a part or section of a text. ΚΠ 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. iii. 33 The first word of every section or chapter is generally put in small capitals, after a small neat cock-up letter. 1936 Newspaper World 27 June 49/1 How are lines commencing with upstanding (cock-up) initial letters set on the Linotype? Is the matter carried on one, or more, slugs? Compounds cock-up theory n. British humorous a theory that the most likely explanation for the occurrence of an event or phenomenon is inadvertent error or incompetence; often contrasted with conspiracy theory n. at conspiracy n. Additions 4.Originally and often in cock-up theory of history: the theory that the course of history is determined by a series of errors or instances of incompetence. ΚΠ 1970 Guardian 3 Sept. 10/3 Peter Jenkins believes in the ‘cock-up’ theory of history. There are no conspiracies, no villains, and very few heroes, everything can be explained by reference to an endless series of confusions, mistakes, and misjudgements. 1989 Daily Mail 8 Sept. 29/4 In peace, as in war, it is the cock-up theory of events that really matters. 2011 Economist (Electronic ed.) 26 Jan. Cassandra does not have much time for conspiracy theories (all too often it is the cock-up theory that explains history). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.1692
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cock-upn.1adj.

Compounds

cock-upn.¹adj.