Definition of "mess-up" [mess up•mess-up]

To make a mess{5} of; to confuse, disorder, or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb. (verb-transitive)
To botch{3}; to bungle. (verb-transitive)
Something badly botched or muddled. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "mess-up" in a sentence

"You could also play games or mess-up in Paint and that was because the PC was able to do all that."
"He carries the can for the complete mess-up of the early inquiry."
""But there are consequences for any mess-up that we have in life, and that's one of them," the governor told Columbia-based WVOC radio."

Words like "mess-up"

botch{3}