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 bocchebotch2), though sense development unclear
A ruined or defective piece of work: "I have made a miserable botch of this description"(Nathaniel Hawthorne).
A hodgepodge.
[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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