The meaning of Botch

noun

A bungled or badly carried out task or action; a mess.

phrasal verb

To spoil something by making a mistake or doing something stupid

Usage examples:

Trust me to balls up the interview!, the whole trip was a complete balls-up.

phrasal verb

A rude phrase meaning to spoil something by making a mistake or doing something stupid

Usage examples:

Trust me to balls up the interview!, the whole trip was a complete balls-up.

verb

(of wind) move creating an air current.

Usage examples:

A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea

noun

A strong wind.

Usage examples:

We're in for a bit of a blow

noun

A powerful stroke with a hand, weapon, or hard object.

Usage examples:

He received a blow to the skull

noun

A stupid or careless mistake.

Usage examples:

She stopped, finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made

verb

Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily.

Usage examples:

He knew he'd blundered

noun

A big mistake, especially one resulting from a lack of care or thought

Usage examples:

His failure to respond immediately to the accusations was a major political blunder., he feared he …

verb

Make or repair (something) badly or clumsily.

Usage examples:

The door was bodged together from old planks

noun

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verb

Carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently.

Usage examples:

He bungled his first attempt to manage a group of professional players

noun

A task carried out in a clumsy or incompetent way.

Usage examples:

A series of bureaucratic bungles over his visa status

verb

To do something badly, or spoil something

Usage examples:

The police bungled the investigation.

noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

Usage examples:

Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…

verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

Usage examples:

A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…

adjective

Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

Usage examples:

A butch woman in a baseball cap

noun

Something done badly or inefficiently.

Usage examples:

We've made a total cock-up of it

phrasal verb

Raise

phrasal verb

A rude phrase meaning to do something wrong or badly

Usage examples:

David cocked up the arrangements and we ended up missing the reception., "how did the exam go?" "te…

noun

A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.

Usage examples:

The only man to reach double figures in the second-innings debacle

noun

An event or situation that is a complete failure

Usage examples:

The candidate’s behavior during the debate turned what could have been a victory into a political d…

verb

Be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.

Usage examples:

He failed in his attempt to secure election

noun

A mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test.

Usage examples:

A fail grade

noun

Lack of success.

Usage examples:

An economic policy that is doomed to failure

noun

A complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one.

Usage examples:

His plans turned into a fiasco

noun

A complete failure

Usage examples:

The entire political campaign was a fiasco, and at the end he drew only 30% of the votes.

verb

Fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way.

Usage examples:

His blond hair flopped over his eyes

noun

A heavy, loose, and ungainly movement, or a sound made by it.

Usage examples:

They hit the ground with a flop

combining form

Floating-point operations per second (used as a measure of computing power).

Usage examples:

A gigaflop computer

noun

Soft fibres from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps.

Usage examples:

He brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff

verb

Make (something) appear fuller and softer by shaking or brushing it.

Usage examples:

I fluffed up the pillows

noun

A soft mass of fibers, feathers, or hair

Usage examples:

Cotton fluff, the cat, a ball of white fluff, darted into the house and started to lick its fur., w…

noun

A clumsy or botched attempt at something, especially a shot in golf.

Usage examples:

Overlooking the beach on marco island, the marriott resort offers plenty of places - like quinn's o…

verb

Botch; bungle.

Usage examples:

Sliced approach shots and foozled putts

phrasal verb

To spoil or damage something, esp. by making a mistake or doing something stupid

Usage examples:

I think antipollution devices really foul up a lot of engines., if you foul up, tell the president …

phrasal verb

A rude phrase meaning to damage, harm, or upset someone or something, or to do something very badly

Usage examples:

Her parents' divorce really fucked her up., i fucked up the interview., the exam was a disaster - i…

verb

Do or handle something clumsily.

Usage examples:

She fumbled with the lock

noun

An act of doing or handling something clumsily.

Usage examples:

Just one fumble during a tyre change could separate the winners from the losers

verb

Feel about uncertainly or blindly

noun

A dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces and cooked again, usually with potatoes.

Usage examples:

Make a hash by frying up all the leftover roast potatoes and parsnips, adding some chopped turkey a…

verb

Make (meat or other food) into a hash.

Usage examples:

In gower they are added to hashed meat, made into pies with apples, and put into soup.

noun

Short for hashish.

verb

Destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing.

Usage examples:

The car was mangled almost beyond recognition

noun

A machine having two or more rollers turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed to remove excess moisture.

Usage examples:

‘if i wasn't at school, i had to turn the handle on the mangle while mum put the sheets through,’ p…

verb

Press or squeeze with a mangle.

Usage examples:

The hard household labour often involved pounding clothes in a dolly tub and mangling them with a h…

noun

A dirty or untidy state of things or of a place.

Usage examples:

She made a mess of the kitchen

verb

Make untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

She scratched her head, messing her hair still further

verb

Manage or deal with (something) wrongly or ineffectively.

Usage examples:

The officer had mishandled the situation

verb

To deal with something without the necessary care or skill

Usage examples:

The administration completely mishandled this incident.

verb

Manage (something) badly or wrongly.

Usage examples:

He was accused of mismanaging the economy

verb

To manage something badly

Usage examples:

Many of these health-care plans have been mismanaged., officials are facing charges of mismanagement.

verb

To organize or control something badly

Usage examples:

Mismanage a company/the economy the previous bosses had mismanaged the company to the point of coll…

noun

A tube made of fur or other warm material into which the hands are placed for warmth.

Usage examples:

Through salt lake city and middle america womenswear is urban grunge: purple muffs, denim waistcoat…

verb

Handle (a situation, task, or opportunity) clumsily or badly.

Usage examples:

They muffed several of their biggest projects

noun

A mistake or failure, especially a failure to catch or receive a ball cleanly in sport.

Usage examples:

‘the muff by snodgrass was only one link in a chain of strange events (leading to the red sox victo…

collocation

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin

phrasal verb

Crush a piece of paper or fabric into a tight mass.

Usage examples:

He screwed the note up and threw it away

phrasal verb

Cause something to fail or go wrong.

Usage examples:

Why are you trying to screw up your life?

noun

A confused or chaotic state; a mess.

Usage examples:

An enormous amount of my time was devoted to untangling snafus

adjective

In utter confusion or chaos.

Usage examples:

Our refrigeration plant is snafu

verb

Throw (a situation) into chaos.

Usage examples:

You ignored his orders and snafued everything

noun

A confused or chaotic state; a mess.

Usage examples:

An enormous amount of my time was devoted to untangling snafus

adjective

In utter confusion or chaos.

Usage examples:

Our refrigeration plant is snafu

verb

Throw (a situation) into chaos.

Usage examples:

You ignored his orders and snafued everything

noun

The destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck.

Usage examples:

The survivors of the wreck

verb

Destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar).

Usage examples:

The blast wrecked 100 houses

verb

Something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation