Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
botch 1[boch] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for botch on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object)
- to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- to do or say in a bungling manner.
- to mend or patch in a clumsy manner.
noun
- a clumsy or poor piece of work; mess; bungle: He made a complete botch of his first attempt at baking.
- a clumsily added part or patch.
- a disorderly or confused combination; conglomeration.
Origin of botch 1 1350–1400; Middle English bocchen to patch up; perhaps to be identified with bocchen to swell up, bulge (verbal derivative of bocche botch2), though sense development unclearRelated formsbotch·ed·ly [boch-id-lee] /ˈbɒtʃ ɪd li/, adverbbotch·er, nounbotch·er·y, nounSynonyms for botch See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com 1. ruin, mismanage; muff, butcher, flub. botch 2[boch] noun
- a swelling on the skin; a boil.
- an eruptive disease.
Origin of botch 2 1350–1400; Middle English bocche Old French boche, dialectal variant of boce boss2 Related Words for botch bumble, err, miscalculate, flub, misjudge, mismanage, muff, fumble, mishandle, bungle, bobble, blow, mar, mess, wreck, ruin, boot, muddle, butcher, patch Examples from the Web for botch Contemporary Examples of botch
He’d botch it, as he’s botched everything foreign-policy related in this campaign.
Does Bibi Have the American People Hypnotized or Something?
Michael Tomasky
September 17, 2012
Historical Examples of botch
Both of them have made a botch of their errand,” said he, “and are causing the bride to wait in vain!
Various
They’ve been running it for thousands of years—and look at the botch they’ve made of it!
Rupert Hughes
Mr. Primefit, the Eton Stultz, is changed into Botch, the cobbler.
Bernard Blackmantle
Work that is not finished, is not work at all; it is merely a botch.
Orison Swett Marden
Are you not afraid that you might make a botch out of the whole job?
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906
Various
British Dictionary definitions for botch botch verb (tr often foll by up)
- to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude
- to repair badly or clumsily
noun
- Also called: botch-up a badly done piece of work or repair (esp in the phrase make a botch of (something))
Derived Formsbotcher, nounWord Origin for botch C14: of unknown origin Word Origin and History for botch v.
late 14c., bocchen “to repair,” later, “to spoil by unskillful work” (1520s); of unknown origin. Related: Botched; botching. As a noun from c.1600.