Cockup — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

something badly botched or muddled

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈaʊhɑːɹɾᵻd/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɪpləʊpɹɪstˈɒmɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɪpləʊpɹɪstˈɒmɪk/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈaʊhɑːɹɾᵻd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

balls-up mess-up ballup

Word Forms

ball up	verb	make a mess of, destroy or ruin
mess up	verb	make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Mist

etwas, das stark verpfuscht oder durcheinander gebracht wurde

🇫🇷French

coq

quelque chose de très bâclé ou confus

🇪🇸Spanish

fracaso

algo muy mal hecho o confuso

🇮🇹Italian

cazzeggio

qualcosa di gravemente pasticciato o confuso

🇳🇱Dutch

lul

iets erg mislukt of verward

🇵🇹Portuguese

confusão

algo muito mal feito ou confuso

🇷🇺Russian

провал

что-то сильно испорченное или запутанное

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कॉकअप

कोई चीज़ बुरी तरह से गड़बड़ या उलझी हुई

🇮🇳Tamil

சேவல்

மோசமான அல்லது குழப்பமான ஒன்று

🇮🇳Telugu

కాకప్

ఏదో చెడుగా లేదా గందరగోళంగా ఉంది

🇮🇳Gujarati

કોકઅપ

કંઈક ખરાબ રીતે અવ્યવસ્થિત અથવા ગૂંચવાયેલું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾಕ್ಅಪ್

ಏನಾದರೂ ಕೆಟ್ಟದಾಗಿ ಹಾಳಾಗಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಗೊಂದಲಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കോക്കപ്പ്

മോശമായതോ കുഴപ്പമുള്ളതോ ആയ എന്തെങ്കിലും

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

阁楼

严重搞砸或混乱的事情

🇯🇵Japanese

コックアップ

何かがひどく失敗したり混乱したりした

🇰🇷Korean

칵테일

뭔가 심하게 망가졌거나 혼란스러워졌어

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vòi nước

một cái gì đó tồi tệ hoặc lộn xộn

🇹🇭Thai

ค็อกอัพ

บางสิ่งบางอย่างไม่เรียบร้อยหรือยุ่งเหยิง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kokpit

sesuatu yang sangat rusak atau kacau

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

کوکاپ

چیزی که به شدت خراب یا درهم است

🇹🇷Turkish

kapatma

fena halde berbat veya karışık bir şey

🇮🇱Hebrew

קוק

משהו פגום או מבולבל

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