Meanings

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto fail; to blunder; to mess up; to screw up
2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be dismissed; to be fired

Examples

• 彼は試験でしくじった。

  He failed in the examination.

• 今回はしくじれないぞ。

  You cannot fail this time.

• 彼がしくじったら気の毒だ。

  It'll be a pity if he fails.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).