āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to cock up
[phrase form: cock]
01
āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to mess up something, often due to the lack of necessary ability or knowledge
Dialect
British
British
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The team 's lack of communication cocked up the event, leaving guests disappointed.
āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻ āĻž
(of an animal) to lift ears in an alert manner
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cat cocked up its ears, reacting to the sound of a distant bird.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
