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botch

1

[ boch ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up ):

    He botched up the job thoroughly.

    Synonyms: flub, butcher, muff, mismanage, ruin

  2. to do or say in a bungling manner.
  3. to mend or patch in a clumsy manner.


noun

  1. a clumsy or poor piece of work; bungle:

    He made a complete botch of his first attempt at baking.

  2. a clumsily added part or patch.
  3. a disorderly or confused combination.

botch

2

[ boch ]

noun

  1. a swelling on the skin; a boil.
  2. an eruptive disease.

botch

/ bɒtʃ /

verb

  1. to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude
  2. to repair badly or clumsily


noun

  1. Also calledbotch-up a badly done piece of work or repair (esp in the phrase make a botch of ( something ))

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Derived Forms

  • ˈbotcher, noun

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Other Words From

  • botch·er noun
  • botch·er·y noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of botch1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English bocchen “to patch up”; perhaps to be identified with bocchen “to swell up, bulge” (verbal derivative of bocche botch 2 ), though sense development unclear

Origin of botch2

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English bocche, botch(e), from Old North French boche, dialectal variant of Old French, Middle French boce boss 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of botch1

C14: of unknown origin

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Example Sentences

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And if you don't botch the interview, you're pretty much in.

If you don't botch the questionnaire, you are summoned for a one-on-one interview with Pierre.

If you don't botch the email, Pierre will send you a questionnaire-style application form.

He'd botch it, as he's botched everything foreign-policy related in this campaign.

I knowed twas Botch, without lookin, for it couldnt be nothin else.

When Botch thunkwhen he got hard at ittwould give you the shivers.

They wasnt no sea nor shore for Botch no more; they wasnt no earth, no heavens.

Botch-work and bungling are inexcusable, as well in writing as in the transaction of business.

I am at present here to botch up a piece of work, which was originally well imagined but badly executed.

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