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- [foul uhp]
- /faʊl ʌp/
- /faʊl ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [foul uhp]
- /faʊl ʌp/
Definitions of foul up words
- noun foul up something that is foul. 1
- noun foul up a collision or entanglement: a foul between two racing sculls. 1
- noun foul up a violation of the rules of a sport or game: The referee called it a foul. 1
- noun foul up Baseball. foul ball. 1
- adjective foul up grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell. 1
- adjective foul up containing or characterized by offensive or noisome matter: foul air; foul stagnant water. 1
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Origin of foul up
First appearance:
before 1950 One of the 5% newest English words
1950-55, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase foul up
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Foul up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
foul up popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
foul up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for foul up
verb foul up
- botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
- bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- jumble — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
Antonyms for foul up
verb foul up
- mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- fix — to repair; mend.
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Matching words
- Words starting with f
- Words starting with fo
- Words starting with fou
- Words starting with foul
- Words starting with foulu
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