foul-up

foul-up

(foul′ŭp′)n.1. A condition of confusion caused by mistakes or poor judgment.2. A mechanical failure.

foul′-up`

n. 1. a condition of disorder brought on by inefficiency or stupidity. 2. failure of a mechanical part to operate correctly. [1940–45, Amer.]

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foul-up - an embarrassing mistake blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, fuckup, pratfall, bloomererror, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"snafu - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked upspectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourselfbull - a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ballfluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless acthowler - a glaring blunderclanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

foul-up

nounA ruinous state of disorder:botch, mess, muddle, shambles.Informal: hash.Slang: screwup, snafu.

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