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to cack

to cack

1 9.9
To pass poo or, in slang, to fail and make a mess of something
  • verb
  • /kæk/
  • Offensive
: cagar
  • Brace up yards, you cack-handed deck apes!

Examples

Synonyms

to crap
vsto cack
  • Offensive
32 9.0

To pass solid waste from your body

also carries a broader informal meaning of failing or making a mess
to muck up
vsto cack
  • Informal
14 7.6

To ruin something by making mistakes or doing it badly

also names failure or a literal act of emptying bowels in informal speech
to mess
vsto cack
8 1.0

To make something untidy or dirty

extends this idea to failing at tasks or to literal bodily waste sometimes
to louse up
vsto cack
  • Informal
6 8.1

To make a mess of a plan or task by doing it badly

can also mean the physical act of passing waste in casual speech
to botch up
vsto cack
  • Informal
4 6.7

Do a job badly and make a mess of it

also covers failing or making a mess but can mean literal defecation too
to go in the toilet
vsto cack
  • Informal
2 7.9

To fail completely

also applies to small personal failures and to the physical act in slang
to ball up
vsto cack
  • Informal
2 7.9

To do something badly and ruin how it turns out

adds the bodily meaning in informal contexts besides literal messing up
to fluff
vsto cack
  • Informal
2 5.4

To make a mistake especially by forgetting words on stage

is wider, also used for the act of passing bodily waste informally
to bollocks up
vsto cack
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To do something so badly that it fails

can also mean the bodily act or be used more playfully to mean fail
to bollocks
vsto cack
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To spoil or ruin something by making a careless mistake

is the more general informal sense and can also mean to defecate
to shitten
vsto cack
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To cover something with animal poop

is different, as it usually means to fail or make a mess in casual speech
to clusterfuck
vsto cack
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To make a situation very messy and badly managed

is similar but can also be used for a single messy mistake or bodily act
to booger up
vsto cack
  • Informal
1 9.9

To ruin something by a careless mistake

adds a slang sense referring to bodily elimination in casual talk
to misfuck
vsto cack
  • Offensive
9.9

To ruin something completely by making serious mistakes

shares the idea of severe failure but also names literal elimination less often
to ca-ca
vsto cack
  • Baby Talk
9.9

To pass poo from your body

is less childlike and is used informally to mean failing or making a mess

Antonyms

∞ 1.2

Be successful or have good results in something

827 2.0

To reach a goal after trying hard

Surface Forms

cack infinitive
cacked past
cacked past participle
cacking present participle
cacks third person singular

Etymology

As a verb, cack originally meant 'to poo' and then came to be used to mean 'to mess up' or 'to fail'. So to say you 'cacked' a test is to say you made a big mistake or failed it.