botch

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 mess of, trip up, flounder, err, fall down, be mistaken, misapply, misjudge, misconjecture, mismanage, miscalculate, misconstrue, misreckon, miscompute, misestimate, execute clumsily, do unskillfully, stumble, make a hash of*, put one's foot in it*, pull a boner*, goof up*, butcher*, screw up*, mess up*, foul up*, muff*, flub one's lines*, put out of whack*; see also destroy 1 , fail 1 .
Ant. succeed*, fix*, do well.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
bungle, *screw up, spoil, ruin, *goof, muff, foul up, fumble, flub, louse up.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: ball up, blunder, boggle, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil. Informal: bollix up, muck up. Slang: blow1, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu. Idiom: make a muck of. See CORRECT, HELP. II noun A ruinous state of disorder: foul-up, mess, muddle, shambles. Informal: hash. Slang: screwup, snafu. See CORRECT, ORDER.

English dictionary for students. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?
Synonyms:
, , , , , / , , , , , , ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • Botch — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Ce terme peut désigner : Botch : un groupe de rock, Botch : un terme de catch. Botch : fou/folle en Occitan Ce document provient de «… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • botch — vb Botch, bungle, fumble, muff, cobble mean to handle or treat awkwardly or unskillfully. Botch may imply repairing or mending, but it frequently implies a making or forming by patching or by putting together out of pieces. It consistently… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • botch-up — botch ups N COUNT: usu sing A botch up is the same as a botch. [INFORMAL] Tony Ward described the case as a sad botch up …   English dictionary

  • botch´i|ly — botch|y «BOCH ee», adjective, botch|i|er, botch|i|est. poorly made or done; botched. –botch´i|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • botch|y — «BOCH ee», adjective, botch|i|er, botch|i|est. poorly made or done; botched. –botch´i|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 — may mean:* Botch (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling slang term for missing a scripted move * Botch (band), a mathcore band * Bungle or ruin. See in Wiktionary …   Wikipedia

  • botch — botch·ery; botch; botch·er; …   English syllables

  • Botch — Botch, n.; pl. {Botches}. [Same as Boss a stud. For senses 2 & 3 cf. D. botsen to beat, akin to E. beat.] 1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. [Obs. or Dial.] [1913 Webster] Botches and blains must… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Botch — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Mathcore, Metalcore Gründung 1993 Auflösung 2002 Website …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • botch — [ 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 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”