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botch
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[boch] 
–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
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
[boch-id-lee] , adverb botcher, noun
botch⋅er⋅y, noun
Synonyms:
1. ruin, mismanage; muff, butcher, flub.
1. ruin, mismanage; muff, butcher, flub.
botch
2 [boch] –noun
| 1. | a swelling on the skin; a boil. |
| 2. | an eruptive disease. |
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| botch (bŏch) tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es
[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. |
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Botch
Botch\, n.; pl. Botches. [Same as Boss a stud. For senses 2 & 3 cf. D. botsen to beat, akin to E. beat.]1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. [Obs. or Dial.] Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. --Milton. 2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle. To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. --Shak.Botch
Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Botched; p. pr. & vb. n. Botching.] [See Botch, n.]1. To mark with, or as with, botches. Young Hylas, botched with stains. --Garth. 2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up. Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a time. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work. For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane. --Dryden.
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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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Main Entry: botch
Pronunciation: 'bäch
Function: noun
: an inflammatory sore
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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