mess up

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

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

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

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

up}, {foul up}, {fuck up}]

2: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"

[syn: {ruffle}, {ruffle up}, {rumple}]

3: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his

room" [syn: {mess}]