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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[perform]] (a task) in an [[unacceptable]] or [[incompetent]] manner; to make a [[mess]] of something
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[perform]] (a task) in an [[unacceptable]] or [[incompetent]] manner; to make a [[mess]] of something
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#: ''A '''botched''' haircut seems to take forever to grow out.''
#: {{syn|en|ruin|bungle|spoil|destroy}}
#: {{syn|en|ruin|bungle|spoil|destroy}}
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#: {{ux|en|A '''botched''' haircut seems to take forever to grow out.}}
# To do something without [[skill]], without [[care]], or [[clumsily]]. {{rfex|en}}
# To do something without [[skill]], without [[care]], or [[clumsily]].
#: {{rfex|en}}
# To repair or [[mend]] clumsily.
# To repair or [[mend]] clumsily.
#: {{syn|en|bodge|Thesaurus:kludge}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|bodge}}


=====Translations=====
=====Translations=====
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#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth|act=III|scene=i|page=140|column=2|passage=That I require a cleareneſſe; and with him; / To leaue no Rubs nor '''Botches''' in the Worke:}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth|act=III|scene=i|page=140|column=2|passage=That I require a cleareneſſe; and with him; / To leaue no Rubs nor '''Botches''' in the Worke:}}
# A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
# A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
# A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing. {{rfex|en}}
# A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
#: {{rfex|en}}
# A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; [[conglomeration]]; [[hodgepodge]].
# A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; [[conglomeration]]; [[hodgepodge]].
# {{lb|en|archaic}} One who makes a mess of something; a [[bungler]].
# {{lb|en|archaic}} One who makes a mess of something; a [[bungler]].

Revision as of 09:16, 28 January 2021

English

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Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 573: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bɒt͡ʃ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 573: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bɑt͡ʃ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat.

Verb

botch (third-person singular simple present botches, present participle botching, simple past and past participle botched)

  1. (transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
    Synonyms: ruin, bungle, spoil, destroy
    A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.
  2. To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. To repair or mend clumsily.
    Synonyms: bodge; see also Thesaurus:kludge
Translations

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Noun

botch (plural botches)

  1. An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
  3. A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
  5. (archaic) One who makes a mess of something; a bungler.
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
      If it was the last word I ever spoke, Puddock, you're a good-natured—he's a gentleman, Sir—and it was all my own fault; he warned me, he did, again' swallyin' a dhrop of it—remember what I'm saying, doctor—'twas I that done it; I was always a botch, Puddock, an' a fool; and—and—gentlemen—good-bye.
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 573: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "LL" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF..

Noun

botch (plural botches)

  1. (obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
    • Lua error in Module:quote at line 3230: Parameter "url" is not used by this template.
  2. A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
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