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.
Pfusch, Murks
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom hopes he doesn't botch the job.
I hope I don't botch the job.
ruНадеюсь, я не запорю работу. — marafon
Tom hopes that he doesn't botch the job.
I hope that I don't botch the job.
ruНадеюсь, я не запорю работу. — marafon
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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