botch
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badlyAn action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
» Tom hopes he didn't botch the job.
Tom hofft, dass er nicht alles vermasselt hat.
Meaning
7 senses(transitive)An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
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халту́раxaltúra
(transitive)A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
(transitive)A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
an embarrassing mistake
(transitive)A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.
(transitive)A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
(archaic, transitive)One who makes a mess of something.
(obsolete, transitive)A tumour or other malignant swelling.
Examples
40 sentencesTom hopes he didn't botch the job.
deTom hofft, dass er nicht alles vermasselt hat.
Tom hopes he doesn't botch the job.
I hope I don't botch the job.
ruНадеюсь, я не запорю работу.
Tom hopes that he doesn't botch the job.
I hope that I don't botch the job.
ruНадеюсь, я не запорю работу.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōFrom Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), related to boot, or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Doublet of bodge.
From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).
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