foul-up

1. 1.

   an embarrassing mistake

   Synonymsblunderblooperbloomerbunglepratfallfuckupflubbotchbonerboo-boo

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Questions about foul-up

What does foul-up mean?

foul-up means "an embarrassing mistake".

How many syllables are in foul-up?

foul-up has 2 syllables: fou-l-up. The stress falls on "fou".

What is another word for foul-up?

Close synonyms include blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foul-up a common word?

foul-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.