muck-up

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muck-up

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Deverbal from muck up.

noun muck-ups

informal The act of botching something; an incompetent mistake.
Similar: mess-up, aberration, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, disadventure, error
Australia, informal A prank.
Similar: caper, capriccio, curvet, gag, gambade, high jinks, lark, marlock, monkeyshine, practical joke, prank, prat

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@misc{muck_up_2026,
  title = {muck-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muck-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}