booger up in English

Forms: boogers up [present, singular, third-person], boogering up [participle, present], boogered up [participle, past], boogered up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Probably a variant of bugger up influenced by booger. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} booger up (third-person singular simple present boogers up, present participle boogering up, simple past and past participle boogered up)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "boogering up",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boogered up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "boogered up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "To mess up, to foul up."
      ],
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          "foul up"
        ]
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        "(Southern US, colloquial) To mess up, to foul up."
      ],
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{
  "etymology_text": "Probably a variant of bugger up influenced by booger.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boogers up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boogering up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boogered up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boogered up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
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        "To mess up, to foul up."
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          "mess up"
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        "Australia",
        "British",
        "New-Zealand"
      ],
      "word": "bugger up"
    }
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}

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"booger up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms