From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
mess up \mess up\, v. t.
1. To make a mess[5] of; to confuse, disorder, or muddle; to
muss; to jumble; to disturb.
[PJC]
2. To botch[3]; to bungle.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mess up
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: {botch}, {bodge},
{bumble}, {fumble}, {botch up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub},
{screw up}, {ball up}, {spoil}, {muck up}, {bungle},
{fluff}, {bollix}, {bollix up}, {bollocks}, {bollocks up},
{bobble}, {mishandle}, {louse up}, {foul up}, {mess up},
{fuck up}]
2: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
[syn: {ruffle}, {ruffle up}, {rumple}, {mess up}]
3: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"
[syn: {mess}, {mess up}]
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