What (who) is Botch - definition
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Botching; Botch (disambiguation); Botched
Botch
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?
The epitome of screwups.
Don't botch the moonshine like you did last time - remember? When you poisoned half the town?
botch
(botches, botching, botched)
1.
If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. (INFORMAL)
It is a silly idea and he has botched it.
...a botched job.
= bungle
VERB: V n, V-ed
•
I hate having builders botch up repairs on my house...
Hemingway complained that Nichols had 'botched everything up'.
= mess up
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
2.
If you make a botch of something that you are doing, you botch it. (INFORMAL)
I rather made a botch of that whole thing.
= mess
N-COUNT: usu sing
botch
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.
Wikipedia
Botch
Botch, Botched or Botcher may refer to:
- Botch (professional wrestling), a slang term for missing a scripted wrestling move
- Botch (band), an American mathcore band
- Botched (film), a 2007 horror film
- Botched (TV series), an American reality TV series
- Botched by Nature, a spin-off TV series
- Di Botcher, Welsh actress
Pronunciation examples for Botch
1. that I would just botch.
Everyday Well-Being _ Noah Levine _ Talks at Google
2. And General Mills, and I'm going to botch it,
The Broken Food System _ Andrew Zimmern _ Talks at Google
3. large bowel, but there's a big botch with this.
Something to Chew On _ Mike Gibney _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Botch
1. This botch–up, and the state the party has deteriorated to, are his responsibility.
2. But never underestimate the ability of modern politicians to botch everything they touch.
3. It was at this point, however, that police officials started to botch the job.
4. Doesn‘t the fault lie squarely with politicians who botch everything they touch?
5. But on past form, we are likely to end up with a botch.