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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.
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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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