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snafuing

snafuing is the present participle and gerund of snafu.

Meaning of snafu

Verb

snafu (third-person singular simple present snafus, present participle snafuing, simple past and past participle snafued)

  1. (slang) To screw up, fuck up, or foul up.
    • Generally I just catch the main event; but this night the prelims were snafued and the last bout was going on when I checked in.1950: Backfire (dir. Vincent Sherman), at about 30m

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Questions about snafuing

What is snafuing the present participle and gerund of?
Snafuing is the present participle and gerund of snafu.

Words near snafuing in the dictionary

  1. snaffling
  2. snaffling lay
  3. snaffling up
  4. snafu
  5. snafued
  6. snafuing
  7. snafus
  8. snag
  9. snag list
  10. snag some z's
  11. snag-boat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snafuing (page history and authors); snafu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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