transcription, транскрипция: [ bʌŋg(ə)l ]
( bungles, bungling, bungled)
If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
Two prisoners bungled an escape bid after running either side of a lamp-post while handcuffed.
...the FBI’s bungled attempt to end the 51 day siege.
= botch
VERB : V n , V-ed
•
Bungle is also a noun.
...an appalling administrative bungle.
N-COUNT
• bun‧gling
...a bungling burglar.
ADJ