Coug it

English

Etymology

In reference to the Washington State Cougars, whose football team has a reputation for losing games after an initial lead.

Verb

Coug it (third-person singular simple present Cougs it, present participle Couging it, simple past and past participle Couged it)

1. (US, slang) To fail; to blow it, often by making a mistake at the last moment.
   • 2005 May 10, “'The big ugly secret' of WSU's stadium”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer‎^[1], Seattle, Washington, archived from the original on 22 March 2023:

     Did Washington State Coug it when it named Martin Stadium 35 years ago? Or is everyone all right with the fact that Clarence D. Martin was a Husky?

Further reading

• “Coug it”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.