botch
11botch — [ batʃ ] or ,botch up verb transitive INFORMAL to do something very badly or carelessly: Police officers had botched the entire investigation. I ve botched this up in a couple of places …
12botch — informal ► VERB ▪ perform (an action or task) badly or carelessly. ► NOUN (also botch up) ▪ a badly performed action or task. DERIVATIVES botcher noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
13botch — [bäch] vt. [ME bocchen, to repair < ?] 1. to repair or patch clumsily 2. to spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle n. 1. a badly patched place or part 2. a bungled or unskillful piece of work botcher n. botchy adj. bot …
14botch-up — variant UK US Main entry: botch …
15botch — index fail (lose), failure (lack of success), miscue, mismanage, muddle, spoil (impair) Burton s Legal The …
16botch — bäch n an inflammatory sore …
17botch — (v.) late 14c., bocchen to repair, later, to spoil by unskillful work (1520s); of unknown origin. Related: Botched; botching. As a noun from c.1600 …
18botch — [v] blunder blow*, bobble*, boggle*, bollix*, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher*, distort, err, fall down*, flounder, flub*, fumble, goof up*, gum up*, louse up*, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture,… …
19botch|er|y — «BOCH uhr ee», noun, plural er|ies. a botcher s work; clumsy or awkward workmanship or its result; patchwork …
20botch — I = botch up botch UK [bɒtʃ] / US [bɑtʃ] or botch up UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms botch : present tense I/you/we/they botch he/she/it botches present participle botching past tense botched past participle botched informal to do something… …
