bodge

/ (bɒdʒ) /

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verb

informal to make a mess of; botch

Australian informal to make or adjust in a false or clumsy wayI bodged the figures

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Word Origin for bodge

C16: changed from botch

Words nearby bodge

bodega, bodement, Bodenheim, Bodensee, Bode's law, bodge, bodger, bodgie, Bodgo Gegen, Bodh Gaya, bodhi

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I said to myself right along, 'Brains has got to win in the end, Bodge.
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It's takin' capital to make Bodge and his idea worth anything.
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The first exhibits in the domain of Bodge were not cheering or suggestive of value.
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Mr. Bodge retreated as nimbly as a man with a peg-leg could be expected to move.
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Mr. Bodge noted with satisfaction the gleam of interest in capital's eyes.
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