fuck somebody up

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (noun) IPA(key): /ˈfʌkˌʌp/ (verb) IPA(key): /ˌfʌkˈʌp/ Rhymes: (verb) -ʌp ==== Verb ==== fuck up (third-person singular simple present fucks up, present participle fucking up, simple past and past participle fucked up) (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To make a mistake, to go wrong. Synonyms: screw up, mess up; see also Thesaurus:make a mistake (transitive, vulgar) To botch or make a mess of. (transitive, vulgar) To injure or damage badly. Synonym: mar (vulgar) To cause someone to become intoxicated or otherwise alter someone's mental state. (vulgar) To traumatise; to negatively affect the wellbeing of someone. (transitive, slang, vulgar) Synonym of destroy (“to eat food quickly, hungrily or completely”) (used only in imperative, vulgar) Ellipsis of shut the fuck up. ===== Alternative forms ===== fuck-up ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Dutch: opfucken, opfokken (calque) ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== FUBAR ==== Noun ==== fuck up (plural fuck ups) Alternative spelling of fuckup. === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌfʌkˈʌp/ Rhymes: (verb) -ʌp ==== Interjection ==== fuck up (Scotland, Northern Ireland, colloquial) Ellipsis of shut the fuck up. Will you just fuck up? I can't hear.