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Meaning of "cockup" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COCKUP

cockup  [ˈkɒkˌʌp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COCKUP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cockup is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cockup in English.

WHAT DOES COCKUP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cockup in the English dictionary

The first definition of cockup in the dictionary is something done badly. Other definition of cockup is to raise, esp in an alert manner. Cockup is also to botch.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COCKUP

PRESENT

Present
I cockup
you cockup
he/she/it cockups
we cockup
you cockup
they cockup
Present continuous
I am cockuping
you are cockuping
he/she/it is cockuping
we are cockuping
you are cockuping
they are cockuping
Present perfect
I have cockuped
you have cockuped
he/she/it has cockuped
we have cockuped
you have cockuped
they have cockuped
Present perfect continuous
I have been cockuping
you have been cockuping
he/she/it has been cockuping
we have been cockuping
you have been cockuping
they have been cockuping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I cockuped
you cockuped
he/she/it cockuped
we cockuped
you cockuped
they cockuped
Past continuous
I was cockuping
you were cockuping
he/she/it was cockuping
we were cockuping
you were cockuping
they were cockuping
Past perfect
I had cockuped
you had cockuped
he/she/it had cockuped
we had cockuped
you had cockuped
they had cockuped
Past perfect continuous
I had been cockuping
you had been cockuping
he/she/it had been cockuping
we had been cockuping
you had been cockuping
they had been cockuping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will cockup
you will cockup
he/she/it will cockup
we will cockup
you will cockup
they will cockup
Future continuous
I will be cockuping
you will be cockuping
he/she/it will be cockuping
we will be cockuping
you will be cockuping
they will be cockuping
Future perfect
I will have cockuped
you will have cockuped
he/she/it will have cockuped
we will have cockuped
you will have cockuped
they will have cockuped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been cockuping
you will have been cockuping
he/she/it will have been cockuping
we will have been cockuping
you will have been cockuping
they will have been cockuping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would cockup
you would cockup
he/she/it would cockup
we would cockup
you would cockup
they would cockup
Conditional continuous
I would be cockuping
you would be cockuping
he/she/it would be cockuping
we would be cockuping
you would be cockuping
they would be cockuping
Conditional perfect
I would have cockup
you would have cockup
he/she/it would have cockup
we would have cockup
you would have cockup
they would have cockup
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been cockuping
you would have been cockuping
he/she/it would have been cockuping
we would have been cockuping
you would have been cockuping
they would have been cockuping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you cockup
we let´s cockup
you cockup
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to cockup
Past participle
cockuped
Present Participle
cockuping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COCKUP


break-up
ˈbreɪkˌʌp
bunk-up
ˈbʌŋkˌʌp
checkup
ˈtʃɛkˌʌp
crack-up
ˈkrækˌʌp
fuck-up
ˈfʌkˌʌp
fuckup
ˈfʌkˌʌp
jack-up
ˈdʒækˌʌp
kick-up
ˈkɪkˌʌp
knock-up
ˈnɒkˌʌp
linkup
ˈlɪŋkˌʌp
lockup
ˈlɒkˌʌp
look-up
ˈlʊkˌʌp
muck-up
ˈmʌkˌʌp
shakeup
ˈʃeɪkˌʌp
sneakeup
ˈsniːkˌʌp
stack-up
ˈstækˌʌp
take-up
ˈteɪkˌʌp
workup
ˈwɜːkˌʌp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COCKUP

cocksure
cocksurely
cocksureness
cockswain
cocksy
cocktail
cocktail bar
cocktail cabinet
cocktail dress
cocktail lounge
cocktail onion
cocktail party
cocktail sausage
cocktail shaker
cocktail stick
cocktail waitress
cockthrowing
cocky
cocky´s joy
cockyleeky

WORDS THAT END LIKE COCKUP

backup
be made up
beaucoup
coup
cup
end up
follow up
group
grup
look up
make-up
pick-up
pin-up
put-you-up
set up
set-up
setup
sign up
up
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Synonyms and antonyms of cockup in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cockup» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COCKUP

Find out the translation of cockup to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cockup from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cockup» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cockup
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cockup
570 millions of speakers

English

cockup
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cockup
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cockup
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cockup
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cockup
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cockup
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cockup
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memasak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chaos nach
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cockup
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휘어짐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cockup
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cockup
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cockup
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉकपअप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cock
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cockup
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cockup
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cockup
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cockup
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cockup
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cockup
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cockup
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cockup
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cockup

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COCKUP»

The term «cockup» is normally little used and occupies the 129.541 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of cockup
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COCKUP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cockup» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cockup» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cockup

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COCKUP»

Discover the use of cockup in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cockup and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Northern Fells
ying right in the midst of the Uldale Fells, Great Cockup is the extended western arm of a dwindling ridge springing from Great Sca Fell. It is separated from Meal Fell by the intriguingly named gap ofTrusmadoor, a magical passage through the  ...
Mark Richards, 2013
2
The Rhine Cycle Route: From source to sea
11. GREAT. COCKUP. (526m,. 1726ft). Great Cockup from Stockdale Lying right in the midst of the Uldale Fells, Great Cockup is the extended western arm of a dwindling ridge springing from Great Sca Fell. It is separated from Meal Fell by the ...
Mike Wells, 2013
3
The Oddville Press Issue 2
Cockup. by Stuart Marshall Sam Plumber left school at sixteen to work in a company that made cardboard boxes. Not just any old cardboard box, though— Sam learned to make original, innovative, and attractive packaging displays out of bits ...
various
4
Burmah, its people and natural productions
clseSeoSi (clsgoooS. lavoy.) ODJOJ. £>J5Ci^0Si COCKUP. A fish which Europeans in India call cockup, is very common on the coast, and often ascends the large rivers a long distance. Crawfurd found it a hundred and twenty miles from the ...
Francis Mason, 1860
5
Soham & Wicken Through Time: A Second Selection
The original cockup bridges really did come down before approaching horsedrawn vehicles and rise up after them but the term remained for the high wooden structures that succeeded them, these leaving ample space for the lode traffic.
Anthony Day, 2013
6
Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree
'What a cockup,' he muttered as Ariella greeted a dumbfounded David and satdown next tohim. 'George,' said Jiminawarning tone, trying to prevent the approaching faux pas. 'Bloody hell, a mother ofa cockup!' the otherman gloated, licking ...
Santa Montefiore, 2014
7
Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French
What a cockup! cafe uillerv.intrans. 1 (of engine):To miss, tomisfire. 2(of person): Tosplutter.3 To 'make aballs'of something, to mess things up. cafouilleur n.m. ' Bungler',botcher. cafouilleux adj. (of situation): Messy, confused. cafouillis n. m. ...
E A Lovatt Esq, R. J. H 'erail, E. A. Lovatt, 2005
8
AAOS Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices
17-5 A, Simple wrist cockup splint should allow full motion of the digits by clearing the thenar eminence and the distal palmar crease of the hand. B, Wrist orthosis that provides pain relief by immobilizing the wrist and supports the MP joints, ...
John D. Hsu, John Michael, John Fisk, 2008
9
Inside The Mind Of A Killer
'87 Lille, cockup. In '88 Metz.In May '89 Brest cockup, '89 Reims, '89 Avignon, '89 and 90 Christmas day Auch, '89 Marseille and Courthézon cockup, 10? '90 Metz, '91 Bischwiller.' He looked as if he were writing with a pen of lead so heavy ...
Jean-Francois Abgrall, 2010
10
India Directory, Or Directions for Sailing to and from the ...
Battoo Mongo, another village, lies near the SW. point of the island, which is low land, ,m, s, and from thence to the South entrance of the Strait of Se Cockup, the coast stretches nearly $511" East about 3 leagues, and is very rocky, with high ...
James Horsburgh, 1827

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COCKUP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cockup is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Critical Adobe Flash, Windows zero-days leak from Hacking Team raid
According to Trend Micro, the Flash vulnerability is a classic use-after-free() programming cockup that allows the attacker to read and write ... «The Register, Jul 15»
2
Silly Google's Photos app labelled BLACK PEOPLE as GORILLAS
A shamed Google was quick to respond to the monumental cockup. Alciné had asked why such a terrible error had happened in the first place. «The Register, Jul 15»
3
Samsung vows to stop knackering Windows Update on your laptops
While not as serious as Lenovo's Superfish debacle – where bundled code punched a hole in system security – Samsung's cockup has caused ... «The Register, Jun 15»
4
It's OK – this was an entirely NEW type of cockup, says RBS
The NatWest and RBS IT cock-up that caused 600,000 transactions to go missing this week was entirely unrelated to the 2012 mega IT cock-up ... «The Register, Jun 15»
5
Heinz cockup sees Ketchup's QR codes spurt saucy sites
A chap named Daniel Korell got quite a surprise when, in late May, he scanned the QR code on a bottle of Heinz Hot Tomato Ketchup, as the ... «The Register, Jun 15»
6
Watch the massive Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain gameplay …
What had been a quiet, sneaky run: all tranquilliser darts and choke holds, had turned loud because of a cockup. However I was not presented ... «PCGamesN, Jun 15»
7
Having a Blondie moment: 10 Debbie Harry highlights
Debbie Harry credits an Australian TV cockup as giving the band their big break in 1967. The country's Countdown pop show was to play the ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
8
Madam President Hillary Clinton
Yes, they really are crazy perhaps you haven't seen the wannabe Latino Ted Cruz, or the Bush 3.0 cockup that is Jeb or maybe you agree with ... «News24, Jun 15»
9
Mirror's Edge Catalyst is the open world origin story of Faith …
It's not too late for a royal cockup. Kinky Kel. Jun 16, 2015 at 11:33 AM. I… I thought the first mirror's edge was the origin story. Am I just ... «games.on.net, Jun 15»
10
Paul Di Filippo reviews A. Bertram Chandler
Although Grimes's closing thought about facing a Court of Inquiry to account for the cockup is a wry note upon which to conclude the saga. «Locus Online, Jun 15»

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