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Meaning of "fuck up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FUCK UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUCK UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fuck up 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 fuck up in English.

WHAT DOES FUCK UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fuck

Fuck is an English-language word, a profanity which refers to the act of sexual intercourse and is also commonly used to denote disdain or as an intensifier. Its origin is obscure; it is usually considered to be first attested to around 1475, but may be considerably older. In modern usage, the term fuck and its derivatives can be used in the position of a noun, a verb, an adjective or an adverb. There are many common phrases that employ the word, as well as compounds incorporating it, such as motherfucker.

Definition of fuck up in the English dictionary

The first definition of fuck up in the dictionary is to damage or bungle. Other definition of fuck up is to make confused. Fuck up is also an act or an instance of bungling.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FUCK UP

PRESENT

Present
I fuck up
you fuck up
he/she/it fucks up
we fuck up
you fuck up
they fuck up
Present continuous
I am fucking up
you are fucking up
he/she/it is fucking up
we are fucking up
you are fucking up
they are fucking up
Present perfect
I have fucked up
you have fucked up
he/she/it has fucked up
we have fucked up
you have fucked up
they have fucked up
Present perfect continuous
I have been fucking up
you have been fucking up
he/she/it has been fucking up
we have been fucking up
you have been fucking up
they have been fucking up
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 fucked up
you fucked up
he/she/it fucked up
we fucked up
you fucked up
they fucked up
Past continuous
I was fucking up
you were fucking up
he/she/it was fucking up
we were fucking up
you were fucking up
they were fucking up
Past perfect
I had fucked up
you had fucked up
he/she/it had fucked up
we had fucked up
you had fucked up
they had fucked up
Past perfect continuous
I had been fucking up
you had been fucking up
he/she/it had been fucking up
we had been fucking up
you had been fucking up
they had been fucking up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fuck up
we let´s fuck up
you fuck up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fuck up
Past participle
fucked up
Present Participle
fucking up
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 BEGIN LIKE FUCK UP

fuchsia
fuchsin
fuchsine
fuchsite
fuci
fucivorous
fuck
fuck about
fuck buddy
fuck off
fuck-all
fuck-up
fucker
fucking
fucking A
fuckoff
fuckup
fuckwit
fucoid
fucoidal

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUCK UP

back up
break up
buck up
clock up
crack up
dead from the neck up
jack up
kick up
knock up
lock up
look up
muck up
pack up
pluck up
put someone´s back up
rack up
rock up
shack up
speak up
work up

Synonyms and antonyms of fuck up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fuck up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUCK UP

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

Translator English - Chinese

他妈的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

joder
570 millions of speakers

English

fuck up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बकवास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللعنة حتى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ебать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

foda -se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যৌনসঙ্গম আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foutre dans la merde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fuck up
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

versauen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

しくじる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

씨발
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jancok munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fuck lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप संभोग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sikiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fuck up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pieprzyć się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ебать
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dracu ´ în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκασμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sabba
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjeft
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fuck up

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUCK UP»

The term «fuck up» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.465 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUCK UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fuck up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fuck up» 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 fuck up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUCK UP»

Discover the use of fuck up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fuck up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stand-up Comedy in Theory, Or, Abjection in America
A cultural theory of stand-up comedy. "John Limon's book opens up exciting new possibilities in cultural studies.
John Limon, 2000
2
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
BORN STANDING UP is a funny and riveting chronicle of how Steve Martin became the comedy genius we now know and is also a fascinating portrait of an era.
Steve Martin, 2008
3
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet
Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone.
Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon, 1999
4
The Break-up of Britain: Crisis and Neo-nationalism
In this 25th anniversary edition, Tom Nairn reviews the arguments of his classic study and expands his thesis into the new millennium.
Tom Nairn, 2003
5
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere, she wants to run to somewhere -- to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant.
E.L. Konigsburg, 2010
6
Up from Eden: A Transpersonal View of Human Evolution
This book chronicles humanity's cultural and psychospiritual evolutionary journey over some six million years from its primal past into its dazzling cosmic future.
Ken Wilber, 1996
7
Game of Thrones: A Pop-up Guide to Westeros
Visually spectacular and enthrallingly interactive, Game of Thrones: A Pop-Up Guide to Westeros sets a new standard for pop-up books and perfectly captures the epic scope and imagination of the series.
Matthew Christian Reinhart, 2014
8
Belly Up
The zoo’s top brass claim the hippo went belly up the natural way, but Teddy and his feisty friend Summer McCraken have other ideas. Could the culprit be FunJungle’s animal-hating head of operations?
Stuart Gibbs, 2010
9
101 Pick-Up Lines
This book is not dedicated to one friend or family member, but For everybody out there who needs a Pick-Up Line. This Book is the single person's best friend. The book price $9.00 with a portion of the proceeds going to The Relay For Life.
Nick Wolf, 2008
10
Camping in a Pop-up Camper Is Paradise: A Carry-along Guide ...
First aid, bugs, bites, and rashes. Winterizing your tent-trailer. Camper packing list. Steps to pop-up. Learning what to do and what NOT to do when camping just got easy. This is your ultimate "how-to" book on tent-trailer camping!
Mellody R.L. Allee, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUCK UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fuck up is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Residue Recap: Episode 2
Wake the fuck up!” she shouts, to which Jonas should respond, “Hey, you know what? Our personal investigations seem to have some serious ... «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»
2
Tristram Hunt Triggers Labour Leadership Row, Warns Party Faces …
@paulwaugh Is this Shad Minister named or just badmouthing his colleagues anonymously in which case he should just shut the fuck up! «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
3
DFS MLB Playbook: July 11th Late
Michael 11 Jul 18:05 / Reply. do yall fuck up chris young's value on here every time you reccomend him? hes not 5200 on DK. «FantasyAlarm.com, Jul 15»
4
Future Counts Cash in “Blow A Bag” Video
Those who pre-order the project will receive three songs for free, which include the previously released “Fuck Up Some Commas,” “Real ... «XXLMAG.COM, Jul 15»
5
Karrueche Tran Still Not Closing Doors On Chris Brown? Model …
Man the fuck up and change the bs in your life like I've told you several times." © 2015 KpopStarz. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without ... «KpopStarz, Jul 15»
6
Stream All Three Chicago Fare Thee Well Shows
Seriously shut the fuck up dude. me July 10, 2015, 13:28:30. I'm not a hater, in fact I'm always looking for a silver lining, and Phil can do what ... «jambands.com, Jul 15»
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Posted Jul 10, 2015 at 12:16pm
"Blow a Bag" joins "Fuck Up Some Commas" and "Real Sisters" as the album tracks we know of thus far. The DS2 hype train is full speed ahead ... «HotNewHipHop, Jul 15»
8
A$AP Ferg Bell Stage, Quebec QC, July 9
"I came here to turn the fuck up." That he did, and although he probably didn't quite get the response from fans he expected, he managed to ... «Exclaim!, Jul 15»
9
Machine Gun Kelly: "When I'm With Her, Nothing Else Matters"
"As much as a fuck up people say I am, I pray that I have the connection I didn't have with my parents with my kid.” Tags: Machine Gun Kelly, jen ... «HotNewHipHop, Jul 15»
10
Ultimate Painting announce new single '(I've Got The) Sanctioned …
“If you're late for your meeting or you fuck up some paperwork, they slap you with a sanction and the tiny amount of money you're getting by on ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»

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