muck-upn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌkʌp/, U.S.

/ˈməkəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to muck up at muck v.¹ Phrasal verbs.

Etymology: < to muck up at muck v.¹ Phrasal verbs; compare -up suffix.In some uses perhaps a euphemistic alteration of fuck-up n.; compare muck v.²

colloquial.

1. The action of spoiling or bungling something; a blunder, fiasco.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > that which is a failure

fizzle1846

fiasco1855

frost1874

blue duck1889

wash-out1902

blowout1925

turkey1927

flopperoo1936

stiff1937

muck-up1942

bomb1954

fizzer1957

lead balloon1960

damp squib1963

bummer1967

downer1976

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working

blunderingc1440

blunt-workingc1440

bumbling1533

stumbling1569

bumble1621

bodging1634

budgelling1657

bungling1663

boggling1834

bunglery1837

muffing1841

perpetration1849

foozling1927

muck-up1942

1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 209 You seem to have made a pretty good muck-up.

1957 W. Camp Prospects of Love iii. iii. 159 Mummy..making me do beastly shorthand in case I make a muck-up of the Latin.

1992 Daily Mirror 8 Sept. 2/6 What a muck-up. Charles had a perfect opportunity to show the world that the Waleses are a family reunited. And he blew it.

2. A mixing or messing up; a confused mess, a muddle; (Australian) a confused, noisy, or riotous situation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder

feery-fary1535

puddle1587

bauchle1600

vertigo1702

whemmel1817

mull1821

mix-up1841

scrimmage1852

embroilment1856

hash-up1860

brangle1865

mucker1867

unplight1876

car wreck1877

mix1882

mess-up1902

stirabout1905

pot mess1914

boorach1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

box1941

Chinese fire drill1943

snafu1943

foul-up1944

screw-up1950

snarl-up1960

tiswas1960

bumble-bath1965

clusterfuck1969

headfuck1983

car crash1992

katogo1994

dumpster fire2008

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle

miscarriage1590

bungle1656

bumble1823

boggle1834

muff1867

car wreck1877

mismove1877

miscue1882

muddle1884

bobble1887

mess-up1902

floater1913

bollock1919

fluff1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

snafu1943

foul-up1944

fuck-up1949

clusterfuck1969

car crash1992

dumpster fire2008

omnishambles2009

1930 Daily Express 9 Sept. 8/7 The muck-up of society..is almost complete.

1934 N. Marsh Man lay Dead xii. 217 Only Bathgate's prints on the electric switch and a muck-up of everybody's on the bannister.

1939 N. Monsarrat This is Schoolroom i. i. 33 The muck-up the Labour people had left us in, in 1931.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xv. 267 Frigg-up or muck-up, a confusion, a row or argument.

1963 B. James Austral. Short Stories 46 The ‘muck-up’ in 4B died down at this announcement.

1972 C. Drummond Death at Bar ii. 60 The food was probably fry-ups or nasty little continental muck-ups.

1994 B. Anderson All Nice Girls xii. 210 The mess, the sheer ludicrous muck-up of their lives, left him reeling.

Compounds

muck-up day n. Australian the day on which high school students, esp. those in their final year, celebrate the end of the school year.

ΚΠ

1986 Telegraph (Brisbane) 16 Oct. 13/5 A ‘muck up day’ celebration at Killara High School..turned to terror when a flour bomb was thrown at a passing motor cycle rider.

1991 Sydney Morning Herald 19 Oct. 9/4 Some were sad it was all over, others were battered in egg and flour, a handful were arrested—it was the annual Year 12 muck-up day and HSC students were on the loose.

2000 AAP Newsfeed (Nexis) 8 Sept. Earlier, police searched two teenagers, who were believed to be celebrating year 12 muck-up day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muck-up
释义	muck-upn. Brit. /ˈmʌkʌp/, U.S. /ˈməkəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to muck up at muck v.¹ Phrasal verbs. Etymology: < to muck up at muck v.¹ Phrasal verbs; compare -up suffix.In some uses perhaps a euphemistic alteration of fuck-up n.; compare muck v.² colloquial. 1. The action of spoiling or bungling something; a blunder, fiasco. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > that which is a failure fizzle1846 fiasco1855 frost1874 blue duck1889 wash-out1902 blowout1925 turkey1927 flopperoo1936 stiff1937 muck-up1942 bomb1954 fizzer1957 lead balloon1960 damp squib1963 bummer1967 downer1976 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working blunderingc1440 blunt-workingc1440 bumbling1533 stumbling1569 bumble1621 bodging1634 budgelling1657 bungling1663 boggling1834 bunglery1837 muffing1841 perpetration1849 foozling1927 muck-up1942 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 209 You seem to have made a pretty good muck-up. 1957 W. Camp Prospects of Love iii. iii. 159 Mummy..making me do beastly shorthand in case I make a muck-up of the Latin. 1992 Daily Mirror 8 Sept. 2/6 What a muck-up. Charles had a perfect opportunity to show the world that the Waleses are a family reunited. And he blew it. 2. A mixing or messing up; a confused mess, a muddle; (Australian) a confused, noisy, or riotous situation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle miscarriage1590 bungle1656 bumble1823 boggle1834 muff1867 car wreck1877 mismove1877 miscue1882 muddle1884 bobble1887 mess-up1902 floater1913 bollock1919 fluff1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 snafu1943 foul-up1944 fuck-up1949 clusterfuck1969 car crash1992 dumpster fire2008 omnishambles2009 1930 Daily Express 9 Sept. 8/7 The muck-up of society..is almost complete. 1934 N. Marsh Man lay Dead xii. 217 Only Bathgate's prints on the electric switch and a muck-up of everybody's on the bannister. 1939 N. Monsarrat This is Schoolroom i. i. 33 The muck-up the Labour people had left us in, in 1931. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xv. 267 Frigg-up or muck-up, a confusion, a row or argument. 1963 B. James Austral. Short Stories 46 The ‘muck-up’ in 4B died down at this announcement. 1972 C. Drummond Death at Bar ii. 60 The food was probably fry-ups or nasty little continental muck-ups. 1994 B. Anderson All Nice Girls xii. 210 The mess, the sheer ludicrous muck-up of their lives, left him reeling. Compounds muck-up day n. Australian the day on which high school students, esp. those in their final year, celebrate the end of the school year. ΚΠ 1986 Telegraph (Brisbane) 16 Oct. 13/5 A ‘muck up day’ celebration at Killara High School..turned to terror when a flour bomb was thrown at a passing motor cycle rider. 1991 Sydney Morning Herald 19 Oct. 9/4 Some were sad it was all over, others were battered in egg and flour, a handful were arrested—it was the annual Year 12 muck-up day and HSC students were on the loose. 2000 AAP Newsfeed (Nexis) 8 Sept. Earlier, police searched two teenagers, who were believed to be celebrating year 12 muck-up day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1930
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