muck-up

Related to muck-up: mock-up

muck-up

n
a bungle; something that has gone wrong in some way
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Translations

muck-up

[ˈmʌkʌp] Nlío m grande
that muck-up with the timetableese lío que nos armamos con el horario
what a muck-up!¡qué faena!
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muck-up

[ˈmʌkˌʌp] n (fam) → casino, pasticcio
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Highland Council confirmed the incident happened at the school, in Nairn, on what is known as "muck-up day", adding geography teacher Mr Maxwell had been injured in "a bit of a stramash".
Warnings had been issued that any damage to the school would not be tolerated at Peebles High in the Borders on 'muck-up day'.
"We don't accept any muck-ups in training so things run smoothly which gives us confidence heading into the game.
I am not exactly in a position to comment as a regular Birmingham bus user, but to be fair to them, National Express have, it seems to me, simply reversed previous service change muck-ups.
If Newcastle have failed to capitalise on opposition errors, so too this term they have been left counting the cost or their own muck-ups, and so it proved once again.
Gordon Brown even sold our gold reserves off at a massive reduced price to fund his muck-ups. When will politicians let the people who know how to run industry do so?
Lead thesps John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells and Mike Smith--who play muck-ups Julian, Ricky and Bubbles respectively--are as well-known as rock stars in Canada.
No doubt, he will also make public his thoughts about the muck-ups that occured in his time such as the infamous Prague Five saga when IFA bigwigs turned their backs on four players and the then goalkeeping coach, arrested by Czech Police, to fly home.
EXCLUSIVE BY NEIL MOXLEY LEWIS HAMILTON will not kick off with Mercedes over their mechanical muck-ups - as long as they keep delivering worldclass cars.
If he started to talk about his own side's muck-ups BT Sport would have had to have added an extra channel for the coverage.
It's crammed full of memorable muck-ups and, for all of you budding goalkeepers out there, Mr Seaman has some good advice for you.