Botch Definition
bŏch
botched, botches, botching
verb
botched, botches, botching
To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude.
Botch a tennis shot; botch a rebellion.
American Heritage
To repair or patch clumsily.
Webster's New World
To spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle.
Webster's New World
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.
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noun
botches
A badly patched place or part.
Webster's New World
A bungled or unskillful piece of work.
Webster's New World
A hodgepodge.
American Heritage
A boil, sore, or ulcer.
Webster's New World
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly.
Wiktionary
Origin of Botch
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From Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin.
From Wiktionary
Middle English bocchen to mend
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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