cack

1. noun, slang Trash, rubbish, or waste. I want to do a big cleanup of the house and get rid of all the cack we don't use anymore.

2. noun, slang Excrement. A: "Ew, what's that smell?" B: "I think someone's got cack on their shoes."

3. noun, slang Gunk, goop, or crud. Yuck, I'm not smearing that cack on my skin! The plumber discovered that a layer of foul-smelling cack had started forming around the inner walls of the pipes.

4. noun, slang By extension, that which is useless, baseless, or worthless. Ah, that's just a bunch of old cack. Don't believe a word of it! This used to be a reputable website for news about science, but now it's just full of clickbait cack.

5. verb, slang To defecate. I nearly cacked my pants from fright!

6. verb, slang To kill (someone). I heard the mob cacked him for talking to the police.

1. rude slang To cover or fill something with goop or gunk. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cack" and "up." ("Cack" is a slang term for feces, used figuratively here.) You're going to cack up the engine if you don't get your oil changed more regularly.

2. rude slang By extension, to cause something to malfunction or work poorly. Usually used in passive constructions. I tried using a program to clean up and optimize my computer, but it's still cacked up.

3. rude slang To ruin, bungle, or make a mess of something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cack" and "up." The government really cacked up the new online system for filing tax returns. He didn't study for the test at all, so it's no surprise that he cacked it up.

1. Unskilled or clumsy with one's hands. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. No, I'm too cack-handed to repair that delicate figurine.

2. Inept in one's personal interactions. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Tommy is so cack-handed that he'll never be able to mediate this situation.