muck up

v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin [syn: {botch}, {fumble}, {botch

up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball up}, {blunder},

{spoil}, {bungle}, {fluff}, {bollix}, {bollix up}, {bollocks},

{bollocks up}, {bobble}, {mishandle}, {louse up}, {foul

up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}]

2: soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt

while playing ball in the garden" [syn: {mire}, {muck}, {mud}]

hack up

To {hack}, but generally implies that the result is a quick

hack. Contrast this with {hack on}. To "hack up on" implies

a {quick-and-dirty} modification to an existing system.

Contrast {hacked up}; compare {kluge up}, {monkey up}, {cruft

together}.

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