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Synonyms for muck up

42 synonyms
4 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

ball up mess up foul up bobble horse around clown around yuck it up

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Mess up — to ruin unintentionally

mess up, foul up, bobble, ball up, drop the ball, blow, fumble, spoil, louse up informal, bungle, botch, flub US AU NZ, bollix, bolix US, bumble, muff, botch up informal, mishandle, bodge, bollix up slang US, bollocks vulgar UK IE, bollocks up vulgar slang UK AU NZ, goof up slang

2. Horse around — to clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others

horse around, clown about UK, clown around, muck around, muck about, fuck about vulgar slang, fuck around vulgar slang

3. Mud

mud, muck, mire

Other

Noun

1. Fluff — the act of botching something; an incompetent mistake

screw-up, fuck-up, cock-up, boner, fluff, goof, howler, blooper, boo-boo informal

Definitions

v. 1
To ruin unintentionally.
The terrorists have really mucked up our holiday plans.
v. 2
To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.
It's the last day of school and everyone is mucking up.
n. 1
The act of botching something; an incompetent mistake.

Related words

Other spellings: muck-up

Example sentences

bobble Mary watch the figurine's head bobble.

By length

3 letters: mud¹
4 letters: blow¹, muck¹, goof¹, muff¹, mire¹, flub
5 letters: spoil¹, boner², fluff¹, botch¹, bodge, bolix
6 letters: fumble², bumble², bobble², howler², bungle², bollix
7 letters: blooper²
8 letters: bollocks²
9 letters: mishandle³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (boner² = 2 syllables).