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to cack

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

Examples

Synonyms

to mess
vsto cack
248 1.0

To make something untidy or dirty

extends this idea to failing at tasks or to literal bodily waste sometimes
to crap
vsto cack
  • Offensive
40 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
5 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 louse up
vsto cack
  • Informal
4 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 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 botch up
vsto cack
  • Informal
2 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 ball up
vsto cack
  • Informal
1 7.9

To do something badly and ruin how it turns out

adds the bodily meaning in informal contexts besides literal messing up
to go in the toilet
vsto cack
  • Informal
1 7.9

To fail completely

also applies to small personal failures and to the physical act in slang
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 booger up
vsto cack
  • Informal
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 clusterfuck
vsto cack
  • Offensive
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 bollocks
vsto cack
  • Offensive
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 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
to shitten
vsto cack
  • Offensive
9.9

To cover something with animal poop

is different, as it usually means to fail or make a mess in casual speech

Antonyms

846 2.0

To reach a goal after trying hard

520 1.2

Be successful or have good results in something

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.