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Botch Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Botch? [n] an embarrassing mistake [v] make a mess of, destroy or ruin Synonyms \| Synonyms for Botch: ball up \| bloomer \| blooper \| blow \| blunder \| bobble \| bollix \| bollix up \| bollocks \| bollocks up \| boner \| boo-boo \| botch up \| bumble \| bungle \| bungle \| flub \| flub \| fluff \| foul up \| foul-up \| fuck up \| fuckup \| fumble \| louse up \| mess up \| mishandle \| muck up \| muff \| screw up \| spoil Related Terms \| Find terms related to Botch: anamorphosis \| bad job \| bad likeness \| bat out \| be all thumbs \| bevue \| bitch up \| blight \| blow \| blunder \| blunder away \| blunder into \| blunder on \| blunder upon \| bobble \| boggle \| bollix \| bonehead play \| boner \| boo-boo \| botchery \| bugger up \| bumble \| bungle \| bungling \| burlesque \| butcher \| caricature \| clumsy performance \| cobble \| commit a gaffe \| confuse \| dash off \| daub \| destroy \| disorder \| distortion \| do anyhow \| do by halves \| do carelessly \| do offhand \| dub \| error \| etourderie \| fake up \| faux pas \| fiasco \| flounder \| flub \| fluff \| flunk \| foozle \| fudge up \| fumble \| gaffe \| gaucherie \| goof up \| gum up \| haphazardness \| hash \| indiscretion \| jury-rig \| knock off \| knock out \| knock together \| lash up \| loose ends \| louse up \| lumber \| make a blunder \| make a misstep \| mangle \| mar \| mess \| mess up \| messiness \| misconduct \| miscue \| misdraw \| mishandle \| mismanage \| mispaint \| misspeak \| mistake \| mix-up \| muck \| muck up \| mucker \| muddle \| muff \| mull \| murder \| muss \| mutilate \| off day \| parody \| patch \| patch together \| patch up \| play havoc with \| play hell with \| pound out \| rough out \| roughcast \| roughhew \| ruin \| sad work \| scratch \| screw up \| scribble \| shambles \| slap up \| slapdash \| slip \| slipshoddiness \| slipshodness \| sloppiness \| slovenliness \| slovenly performance \| slovenry \| sluttishness \| solecism \| spoil \| stumble \| stupidity \| throw off \| throw together \| tinker \| toss off \| toss out \| toss together \| travesty \| trifle with \| trip \| untidiness \| washout \| whomp up \| wreck See Also \| bull \| clanger \| error \| fail \| fault \| faux pas \| fluff \| fumble \| gaffe \| gaucherie \| go wrong \| howler \| miscarry \| misstep \| mistake \| muff \| slip \| snafu \| solecism \| spectacle \| stumble \| trip Botch In Webster's Dictionary \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.] Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. --Milton. 2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle. To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. --Shak. \Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Botched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Botching}.] [See {Botch}, n.] 1. To mark with, or as with, botches. Young Hylas, botched with stains. --Garth. 2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up. Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a time. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work. For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane. --Dryden.

Botch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Botch?

[n] an embarrassing mistake
[v] make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Botch In Webster's Dictionary

\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.]

         Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
                                               --Milton.

2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended
   in a clumsy manner.

3. Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a
   piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or
   not properly finished; a bungle.

         To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. --Shak.


\Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Botched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Botching}.] [See {Botch}, n.]
1. To mark with, or as with, botches.

         Young Hylas, botched with stains.     --Garth.

2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect
   manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.

         Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a
         time.                                 --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).

3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or
   perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by
   unskillful work.

         For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane.
                                               --Dryden.

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