- louse something up
- tv. to botch something up.□ Please don’t louse the typewriter ribbon up this time. CD Jack loused up my effort to win approval for my plan.
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louse something up — ˌlouse sthˈup derived (informal) to spoil sth or do it very badly • Don t louse up our chance of winning! Main entry: ↑lousederived … Useful english dictionary
louse something up — informal spoil something. → louse … English new terms dictionary
louse up — verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 2) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑bot … Useful english dictionary
louse — 1 noun (C) 1 plural lice a small wingless insect that lives on people s or animals skin and hair 2 plural louses informal someone who is nasty and unpleasant: You louse! she yelled. 2 verb louse up phrasal verb AmE informal 1 (transitive louse… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
louse — noun 1》 (plural lice) a small wingless parasitic insect which infests human skin and hair. [Pediculus humanus (see body louse, head louse).] ↘a related insect which lives on the skin of mammals or birds. [Orders Anoplura (sucking lice) and… … English new terms dictionary
louse — ► NOUN 1) (pl. lice) a small wingless parasitic insect which infests human skin and hair. 2) (pl. lice) a related insect which lives on the skin of mammals or birds. 3) (pl. louses) informal a contemptible person. ► VERB (louse u … English terms dictionary
louse — louse1 [laus] n [: Old English; Origin: lus] 1.) plural lice [laıs] a small insect that lives on the hair or skin of people or animals 2.) plural louses informal someone who is nasty and unpleasant louse 2 lou … Dictionary of contemporary English
louse — louse1 [ laus ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL an unpleasant person 2. ) (plural lice) a small insect that lives on the bodies of animals and people louse louse 2 [ laus ] verb ,louse up phrasal verb AMERICAN INFORMAL 1. ) transitive to spoil something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
louse up — phrasal verb Word forms louse up : present tense I/you/we/they louse up he/she/it louses up present participle lousing up past tense loused up past participle loused up mainly American informal 1) [transitive] to spoil something 2) [intransitive] … English dictionary
louse — /laʊs / (say lows) noun (plural lice /laɪs / (say luys) for defs 1 and 2, louses for def. 3) 1. any of the small, wingless, blood sucking insects of the order Phthiraptera, including several species associated with humans, as the human louse,… …
