Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cock_up
1 sense of cockup
Sense 1
ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up -- (something badly botched or muddled)
=> mistake, error, fault -- (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cock_up
1 sense of cock up
Sense 1
prick up, prick, cock up -- (raise; "The dog pricked up his ears")
=> rear, erect -- (cause to rise up)