botch
1[ boch ]
/ bɒtʃ /
verb (used with object)
to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
to do or say in a bungling manner.
to mend or patch in a clumsy manner.
noun
a clumsy or poor piece of work; mess; bungle: He made a complete botch of his first attempt at baking.
a clumsily added part or patch.
a disorderly or confused combination; conglomeration.
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Origin of botch
11350–1400; Middle English bocchen to patch up; perhaps to be identified with bocchen to swell up, bulge (verbal derivative of bocchebotch2), though sense development unclear
OTHER WORDS FROM botch
botch·ed·ly [boch-id-lee], /ˈbɒtʃ ɪd li/, adverbbotcher, nounbotch·er·y, nounWords nearby botch
Definition for botch (2 of 2)
botch2
[ boch ]
/ bɒtʃ /
noun
a swelling on the skin; a boil.
an eruptive disease.
Origin of botch
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British Dictionary definitions for botch
botch
/ (bɒtʃ) /
verb (tr often foll by up)
to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude
to repair badly or clumsily
noun
Also called: botch-up a badly done piece of work or repair (esp in the phrase make a botch of (something))
Derived forms of botch
botcher, nounWord Origin for botch
C14: of unknown origin
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