to botch (up)
31Botch — There are two expressions here to botch something up or to do a botch job. They both mean that the work done was not of a high standard or was a clumsy patch. My Dad used to always tell me that workmen had botched it up and that he should have… …
32Botch (professional wrestling) — A botch in professional wrestling is an attempted maneuver that is not executed as the performer intended. Most botches are harmless but embarrassing, such as a wrestler falling before his opponent s maneuver actually connects or when it has… …
33botch — botch1 botchedly /boch id lee/, adv. botcher, n. botchery, n. /boch/, v.t. 1. to spoil by poor work; bungle (often fol. by up): He botched up the job thoroughly. 2. to do or say in a bungling manner. 3. to mend or patch in a clumsy manner. n …
34botch job — noun A job that has been botched. An alternative to botched job. He came highly recommended but looking at his work I saw immediately that it was a botch job …
35Botch — A complete and total failure, usually leading to undesired results. The epitome of screwups. Don t botch the moonshine like you did last time remember? When you poisoned half the town? …
36Botch — A complete and total failure, usually leading to undesired results. The epitome of screwups. Don t botch the moonshine like you did last time remember? When you poisoned half the town? …
37botch it — ruin it, do it wrong, blow it When you bake bread for the first time, it s easy to botch it …
38botch — informal verb carry out (a task) badly or carelessly. noun (also botch up) a badly carried out task. Derivatives botcher noun Origin ME (in the sense repair but orig. not implying clumsiness): of unknown origin …
39botch (up) — Verb. 1. To build or repair in a makeshift manner. 2. To do something badly. Noun. 1. A makeshift construction or repair. 2. A thing done badly. * All the meanings and uses of botch are informal. Cf. bodge …
40botch (up) — Verb. 1. To build or repair in a makeshift manner. 2. To do something badly. Noun. 1. A makeshift construction or repair. 2. A thing done badly. * All the meanings and uses of botch are informal. Cf. bodge …
