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Botch (spoil)
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Botch — Botch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Botched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Botching}.] [See {Botch}, n.] 1. To mark with, or as with, botches. [1913 Webster] Young Hylas, botched with stains. Garth. [1913 Webster] 2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
botch — [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 … English World dictionary
botch — index fail (lose), failure (lack of success), miscue, mismanage, muddle, spoil (impair) Burton s Legal The … Law dictionary
botch — (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 … Etymology dictionary
botch — [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,… … New thesaurus
spoil — I (impair) verb addle, blemish, blight, botch, break, bungle, butcher, corrumpere, corrupt, damage, damage irreparably, debase, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, demolish, destroy, deteriorate, dilapidate, disable, disfigure, go bad, harm … Law dictionary
botch up — verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑muff, ↑blow, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
botch up — / make a botch of If you spoil something, or make a mess of it, by doing a job badly or incorrectly, you make a botch of it or you botch it up. Danny tried to assemble the new desk, but he made a botch of it … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
botch — [[t]bɒtʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to spoil by poor work; bungle 2) to do or say in a bungling manner 3) to mend or patch in a clumsy manner 4) a poor piece of work; mess; bungle 5) a clumsily added part or patch • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME bocchen to patch… … From formal English to slang
botch — /bɒtʃ / (say boch) verb (t) Also, botch up. 1. to spoil by poor work; bungle. 2. to do or say in a bungling manner. 3. to mend or patch in a clumsy manner. –noun Also, botch up. 4. a clumsy or poor piece of work; a bungle: his carpentry was a… …
botch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. bungle, blunder, butcher; mar, spoil; mismanage. See unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bungle, spoil, mar, ruin, wreck, mutilate, fumble, distort, blunder, mishandle, do clumsily, muddle, make a … English dictionary for students
