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View usage for: (bɒtʃ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense botches, present participle botching, past tense, past participle botched1. verbIf you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. [informal] It is a silly idea and he has botched it. [VERB noun] ...a botched job. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: spoil, mar, bungle, fumble More Synonyms of botch Botch up means the same as botch. I hate having builders botch up repairs on my house. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He complained that Nichols had 'botched everything up'. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. countable noun [usually singular]If you make a botch of something that you are doing, you botch it. [informal] I rather made a botch of that whole thing. Synonyms: mess, failure, blunder, miscarriage More Synonyms of botch Phrasal verbs: See botch up (bɒtʃ) verb (transitive; often foll by up)1. to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude 2. to repair badly or clumsily noun3. Also called: botch-up a badly done piece of work or repair (esp in the phrase make a botch of (something)) Derived forms botcher (ˈbotcher) noun Word origin C14: of unknown origin botch in American English (bɑtʃ) verb transitive1. to repair or patch clumsily 2. to spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle noun3. a badly patched place or part 4. a bungled or unskillful piece of work Derived forms botcher (ˈbotcher) noun botchy (ˈbotchy) adjective Word origin ME bocchen, to repair < ? Examples of 'botch' in a sentencebotch British English: botch VERB If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. Sources claimed police botched the investigation. - American English: botch
- Brazilian Portuguese: atamancar
- Chinese: 使…糟糕
- European Spanish: arruinar
- French: bâcler
- German: verpfuschen
- Italian: fare un pasticcio di
- Japanese: 下手な仕事をする
- Korean: 망치다
- European Portuguese: atamancar
- Latin American Spanish: arruinar
Definition to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude It's a silly idea, and he has botched it. Synonyms screw up (informal) mess up cock up (British, slang) balls up (taboo, slang) fuck up (offensive, taboo, slang) make a nonsense of (informal) bodge (informal) make a pig's ear of (informal) flub (US, slang) crool or cruel (Australian, slang) Definition a badly done piece of work or repair I rather made a botch of that whole thing. Synonyms failure blunder bungle bungling hash cock-up (British, slang) balls-up (taboo, slang) fuck-up (offensive, taboo, slang) pig's ear (informal) pig's breakfast (informal) Additional synonymsDefinition to spoil (an operation) through clumsiness or incompetence Two prisoners bungled an escape bid last night Synonyms mess up, blow (slang), ruin, spoil, blunder, fudge, screw up (informal), botch, cock up (British, slang), fuck up (offensive, taboo, slang), miscalculate, make a mess of, mismanage, muff, foul up, make a nonsense of (informal), bodge (informal), make a pig's ear of (informal), flub (US, slang), crool or cruel (Australian, slang), louse up (slang) Definition to say or do awkwardly I'd hate to fumble a chance like this. Synonyms bungle, spoil, botch, mess up, cock up (British, slang), mishandle, fuck up (offensive, taboo, slang), mismanage, muff, make a hash of (informal), make a nonsense of, bodge (informal), misfield, crool or cruel (Australian, slang) Definition the act of fumbling Fans cheered a fumble by the home team's star. Synonyms miss, mistake, slip, fault, error, blunder, botch, cock-up (slang), bodge (informal), barry or Barry Crocker (Australian, slang) - boss someone around
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