transitive. To spoil (a piece of work, etc.) through lack of skill or care; to carry out (a task) incompetently; to bungle. In later use also with up.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle (43) botch1530 transitive. To spoil (a piece of work, etc.) through lack of skill or care; to carry out (a task) incompetently; to bungle. In later use also with up. bungle1530 transitive. To do or make in a clumsy or unskilful manner; formerly often with up, out. Now, usually, To spoil by unskilful workmanship. Cf. botch… mumble1588 transitive. To handle roughly or clumsily, to maul; to mix up in confusion, jumble. Also with together, up. Also figurative. Obsolete (English reg… muddle1605 transitive. To bungle or mismanage (an undertaking, etc.); to deal ineptly or incompetently with. mash1642 transitive. figurative. To muddle or make a mess of (words, speech, or meaning). bumble?1719 transitive. Originally Scottish and English regional (northern). To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes… to fall through ——1726 intransitive. Scottish. To bungle, make a mess of. Now rare. fuck1776 transitive. To damage, ruin, spoil, botch; to destroy, put an end to; = to fuck up 1a at phrasal verbs 1. Also (chiefly in passive): to put into… blunder1805 transitive. To mismanage, make a blunder in. to make a mull of1821 A muddle, a mess. Chiefly in to make a mull of. bitch1823 transitive. To ruin, spoil, mess up; to botch. Frequently with up. mess1823 transitive. To make a mess of; to disorder, make dirty or untidy; to cause to be spoiled by inept handling; to muddle, mishandle. Now usually with up… to make a mess of1834 to make a mess of: (a) to bungle or badly mishandle (an undertaking); (b) to put into a disordered, dirty, or otherwise imperfect state. smudge1864 To bungle, make a mess of (something). to muck up1875 transitive. To spoil the appearance, quality, etc., of; to make untidy or disordered, to make a mess of; to spoil, to ruin, to bungle. In quot… boss1887 transitive. To miss or bungle (a shot); gen. to bungle, make a mess of. Also absol. to make balls of1889 to make balls of: to bungle, make a mess of; = to make a balls of at balls, n. Obsolete. duff1890 transitive and intransitive. To perform (a shot) badly (sometimes spec.: see quot. 1897). Also in extended use: to make a mess of (something)… foozle1892 transitive. To do clumsily, ‘make a mess of’; to bungle (a stroke, etc.). Golf and slang. Also absol. bollocks1901 transitive. To make a mess of, ruin; to botch, bungle. Frequently with up. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. bollock, n. 4b. fluff1902 Slang. To bungle (esp. a stroke or movement in games); to make a mistake; to fail (an examination). (Cf. duff, v.3) to make a muck of1903 to make a muck of: to do (something) badly; to handle incompetently; to spoil or bungle. Cf. to make a mess of at mess, n.1 3c. bobble1908 intransitive and transitive. To make a mistake, to bungle or botch (something); spec. in Sport, to mishandle or fumble (the ball), esp. in taking a… to ball up1911 slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to ball up. transitive. To ruin; to make a mess of. Cf. balls, v. jazz1914 transitive. U.S. slang. To make a mess of, to ruin; to confuse; to interfere with. Usually with up. Now rare. boob1915 transitive. To make a mess of (an undertaking); to mishandle, to bungle. Now somewhat rare. to make a hash of1920 A jumbled mixture of incongruous things; a jumble, muddle; a mess. Frequently in to make a hash of: to make jumbled or muddled in attempting to… muff1922 gen. transitive. To make a mess of, to bungle (something); (Theatre) to confuse or forget (one's lines); to miss (a cue). Also with it: to make a… flub1924 transitive. To botch, bungle. Also intransitive. Hence as n., something badly or clumsily performed; a slip-up. to make a hat of1925 colloquial. to make a hat of: to make a mess of; to mismanage; to spoil. rare. to ass up1932 transitive. North American slang. to ass up: to mess up; to botch, to bungle. Also intransitive. Cf. to arse up at arse, v. 2, to cock up 3a at cock… louse1934 slang. To spoil, to mess up. Const. up. Also loused-up adj. originally U.S. screw1938 transitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). To spoil, ruin, mess up. Also: to cause emotional or psychological harm to (a person); to… blow1943 To lose or bungle (an opportunity, etc.); to mishandle (a situation); to ruin, spoil. Frequently with it. slang (originally U.S.). to foul up1943 colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Originally U.S. Military slang. transitive. To ruin or spoil (something); to mess up, botch, bungle. Also (esp. in… eff1945 transitive and intransitive. slang. Used as a euphemistic alternative to fuck, v. (in various senses). balls1947 transitive. To make a mess of, ruin. Frequently with up. Also intransitive: to blunder. to make a hames of1947 Irish English. to make a hames of: to do (something) very badly or ineptly; to make a mess of. to arse up1951 transitive. to arse up: to mess up; to botch, to bungle. Also intransitive. Cf. to ass up at ass, v. 3, to cock up 3a at cock, v.1 phrasal verbs. to fuck up1967 transitive. To damage; to ruin, spoil, mess up; to botch. dork1969 transitive. Originally: to condemn as a dork. Later more generally: to treat badly or unfairly, to mess (a person) around; (also) to botch, to mess… sheg1981 transitive. To make a mess of (something); to ruin, botch, bungle. Chiefly with up. Also occasionally intransitive. bodge1984 transitive. To spoil (something) through lack of skill or care; to carry out (a task) incompetently; to bungle. Also with up. Cf. earlier bodging, n.1… |
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