A failure; a blunder or mistake. Now rare except as in sense 2c.

A clumsy or unskilful piece of work; a botch, blunder, muddle.

Originally English regional (northern) and Scottish. A mistake, a blunder; a bungled task.

A bungle. boggle-de-botch, boggledy botch (colloquial): a complete bungle, a ‘mess’. See botch, v.1, botch, n.2

Anything bungled or badly executed; a failure or mistake; (spec. in ball games) a failure to keep hold of a ball that comes into one's hands, a…

(a) a wrecked car (now usually a motor car); (b) = car crash, n.

A wrong, unwise, or faulty move.

In extended use. A shot or attempt which goes awry or misses the mark; (figurative) a mistake or blunder, an error of judgement.

A state of disorder or (physical or mental) confusion. Also: a mistake arising from or resulting in confusion; a bungle. to make a muddle of: to…

A mistake or error, a failure, a bungle; spec. in Sport, an instance of fumbling or mishandling the ball. U.S.

The action of ruining an undertaking by blundering or making a mistake; an instance of this, a botched job. Also: a state of disorder or…

A mistake, ‘bloomer’. slang.

figurative. In plural. Nonsense, rubbish. Also (with singular agreement): a mess, a muddle, confusion. Cf. ball, n.1 12b(a).

slang. A bungling of a stroke or movement in games; a mistake, a blunder.

A fiasco, a disaster; a mess, a muddle.

A mixing or messing up; a confused mess, a muddle; (Australian) a confused, noisy, or riotous situation.

As a count noun. A mess-up, a mess, a disaster; = balls-up, n. Esp. in to make a balls of: make a mess of, do badly, bungle.

Now usually with a and plural. A confusion or mix-up; a hitch, mishap; muddle, confused state.

colloquial (originally U.S. Military). A blunder, a mistake. Also: a state of muddle or confusion.

A blunder, a mistake.

Originally Military. A bungled or botched undertaking; (also) a situation, state of affairs, or gathering (esp. a military operation) that is…

figurative. Something which is disastrous, messy, chaotic, or embarrassing, esp. in a manner which compels one's attention. Frequently with of.

figurative. A chaotic or disastrously mishandled situation; an embarrassing spectacle; a debacle, a shambles, a mess.

Chiefly in political contexts: a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, or is characterized by a series of blunders and miscalculations…