botch 1
— 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.
4. a clumsy or poor piece of work; mess; bungle: He made a complete botch of his first attempt at baking.
5. a clumsily added part or patch.
6. a disorderly or confused combination; conglomeration.
[ 1350-1400; ME bocchen to patch up; perh. to be identified with bocchen to swell up, bulge (v. deriv. of bocche BOTCH 2 ), though sense development unclear ]
Syn. 1. ruin, mismanage; muff, butcher, flub.
botch 2
/boch/ , n.
1. a swelling on the skin; a boil.
2. an eruptive disease.
[ 1350-1400; ME bocche boche, dial. var. of boce BOSS 2 ]