Bodge Definition

verb

(UK) To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; patch up; repair, mend.

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To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.

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noun

A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.

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(historical) The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge.

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(South East England) A four wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also a home made go-cart.

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adjective

(slang, Northern Ireland) Insane or off the rails.

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Origin of Bodge

From Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair, patch”) (Modern Dutch: botsen (“to strike, beat, knock together”)), related to Old High German bōzan (“to beat”), See beat; or perhaps from Old English bōtettan (“to improve, repair”), Old English bōtian (“to get better”). More at boot.

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