bungle

Definition of Bungle in English :

Noun

1. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall

an embarrassing mistake

Verb

2. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Example Sentences:
'I botched the dinner and we had to eat out'
'the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement'

3. bungle

spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly

Example Sentences:
'I bungled it!'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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verb

1. (transitive)

to spoil (an operation) through clumsiness, incompetence, etc; botch

noun

2.

a clumsy or unsuccessful performance or piece of work; mistake; botch

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbungled or ˈbungling

1.

to spoil by clumsy work or action; botch

verb intransitive

2.

to do or make things badly or clumsily

noun

3.

a bungling, or clumsy, act

4.

a bungled piece of work

Bungle

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v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles

v.tr.

To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch. See Synonyms at botch.

v.intr.

To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.

n.

A clumsy or inept performance; a botch: made a bungle of the case due to inexperience.

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