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botch

1  [boch]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to spoil by poor work; bungle (often fol. by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
2. to do or say in a bungling manner.
3. to mend or patch in a clumsy manner.
–noun
4. a clumsy or poor piece of work; mess; bungle: He made a complete botch of his first attempt at baking.
5. a clumsily added part or patch.
6. a disorderly or confused combination; conglomeration.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME bocchen to patch up; perh. to be identified with bocchen to swell up, bulge (v. deriv. of bocche botch 2 ), though sense development unclear

Related forms:
botch⋅ed⋅ly  [boch-id-lee] , adverb
botcher, noun
botch⋅er⋅y, noun

Synonyms:
1. ruin, mismanage; muff, butcher, flub.

botch

2  [boch]
–noun
1. a swelling on the skin; a boil.
2. an eruptive disease.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME bocche < OF boche, dial. var. of boce boss 2
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botch   (bŏch)   
tr.v.   botched, botch·ing, botch·es

  1. To ruin through clumsiness.

  2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle.

  3. To repair or mend clumsily.

n.  

  1. A ruined or defective piece of work: "I have made a miserable botch of this description" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).

  2. A hodgepodge.


[Middle English bocchen, to mend.]
botch'er n., botch'y adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to harm or spoil through inept or clumsy handling: botch a repair; blow an opportunity; bungle an interview; fumbled my chance to apologize; muffed the painting job.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

botch 
1382, bocchen "to repair," later, "to spoil by unskillful work" (1530), of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: botch
Pronunciation: 'bäch
Function: noun
: an inflammatory sore
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Bible Dictionary

Botch

the name given in Deut. 28:27, 35 to one of the Egyptian plagues (Ex. 9:9). The word so translated is usually rendered "boil" (q.v.).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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