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verb (used with object)
1.
to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed 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.
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Botching
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English bocchen to patch up; perhaps to be identified with bocchen to swell up, bulge (verbal derivative of bocche botch2), though sense development unclear
1350–1400; Middle English bocchen to patch up; perhaps to be identified with bocchen to swell up, bulge (verbal derivative of bocche botch2), though sense development unclear
Related forms
botch·er, noun
botch·er·y, noun
Synonyms
1. ruin, mismanage; muff, butcher, flub.
1. ruin, mismanage; muff, butcher, flub.
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botch
late 14c., bocchen "to repair," later, "to spoil by unskillful work" (1520s); of unknown origin.
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