Botcher
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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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
ɪd 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 (bɒtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by up) | |
| 1. | to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude |
| 2. | to repair badly or clumsily |
| —n | |
| 3. | Also called: botch-up a badly done piece of work or repair (esp in the phrase make a botch of (something)) |
| [C14: of unknown origin] | |
| 'botcher | |
| —n | |
| botch (bɒtʃ) | |
| —vb (often foll by up) | |
| 1. | to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude |
| 2. | to repair badly or clumsily |
| —n | |
| 3. | Also called: botch-up a badly done piece of work or repair (esp in the phrase make a botch of (something)) |
| [C14: of unknown origin] | |
| 'botcher | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
botch
late 14c., bocchen "to repair," later, "to spoil by unskillful work" (1520s); of unknown origin.
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Bible Dictionary
Botch definition
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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