verb · intransitive · rare

bodge

bodge · bodges · bodged · bodging

дути, дмухати, віяти

сделать на скорую руку

flicken, patchen

To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repairTo do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.

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UK/bɒdʒ/US/bɑdʒ/

» That's a bodge job.

Das ist eine Erzschlamperei. — Hans07

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Meaning

2 senses

(Ireland, UK)To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.
To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.

More definitions

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Examples

3 sentences

That's a bodge job.
deDas ist eine Erzschlamperei. — Hans07
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Tom did a bodge job.
deTom hat gepfuscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom bodged it.
deTom hat gepfuscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Origin

Inherited from Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), of uncertain origin.

Inherited from Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair, patch”) (Dutch botsen (“to strike, beat, knock together”)), related to Old High German bōzan (“to beat”), See beat; or perhaps from Old English bōtettan (“to improve, repair”), Old English bōtian (“to get better”). Compare botch. More at boot.

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