Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: botch
IPA transcription: [b'ɑtʃ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
    Meaning: an embarrassing mistake
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch_up, muff, blow, flub, screw_up, ball_up, spoil, muck_up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix_up, bollocks, bollocks_up, bobble, mishandle, louse_up, foul_up, mess_up, fuck_up
    Meaning: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Usage examples
  • This state of affairs leads to makeshifts, and they in turn lead to botch work.