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booger up

booger up verb: to mess up, to foul up.

Verb

booger up (third-person singular simple present boogers up, present participle boogering up, simple past and past participle boogered up)

  1. (Southern US, colloquial) To mess up, to foul up.
    Synonyms:
    bugger up

Synonyms of booger up

Forms of booger up

third-person singular presentboogers up
present participleboogering up
past participleboogered up
pastboogered up

Origin of booger up

Probably a variant of bugger up influenced by booger.

Questions about booger up

What does booger up mean?
Booger up means to mess up, to foul up.
What part of speech is booger up?
Booger up is a verb.
What is the past tense of booger up?
The past tense of booger up is boogered up.

Words near booger up in the dictionary

  1. booger dances
  2. booger off
  3. booger sandwich
  4. booger sandwiches
  5. booger sugar
  6. booger up
  7. boogerball
  8. boogerballs
  9. boogered off
  10. boogered up
  11. boogering off

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