botch
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[edit] Etymology 1
Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin.
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botch (third-person singular simple present botches, present participle botching, simple past and past participle botched)
- (transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something; to ruin; to bungle; to spoil; to destroy.
- A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.
- To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
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to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner
to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily
[edit] Noun
botch (plural botches)
- An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly.
- A ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle.
- A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
- A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
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An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
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a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).
[edit] Noun
botch (plural botches)
- (obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
- A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
- 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job II:
- Therfor Sathan ȝede out fro the face of the Lord, and smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot til to his top [...].
- 1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Deuteronomy XXVIII:
- The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
- 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job II:
