louse up en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈlaʊs ˈʌp/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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(colloquial, idiomatic) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
The recent flu epidemic that loused up all my plans to see Pat Bond.
1980 April 12, Nancy Walker, “Parents and Friends of Gays”, in Gay Community News, page 12:To be loused up by Humbolt was really a kind of privilege. It was like being the subject of a two-nosed portrait by Picasso, or an eviscerated chicken by Soutine.
1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 3:
- (US, informal) To mistreat (someone).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| louses up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| loused up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| loused up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| lousing up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (1)
fi sotkea (to mess up)