botch
verb/bɒtʃ/
/bɑːtʃ/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they botch | /bɒtʃ/ /bɑːtʃ/ |
| he / she / it botches | /ˈbɒtʃɪz/ /ˈbɑːtʃɪz/ |
| past simple botched | /bɒtʃt/ /bɑːtʃt/ |
| past participle botched | /bɒtʃt/ /bɑːtʃt/ |
| -ing form botching | /ˈbɒtʃɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːtʃɪŋ/ |
- botch something (up) to do something badly
- He completely botched up the interview.
- The work they did on the house was a botched job.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘repair’ but originally not implying clumsiness): of unknown origin.Want to learn more?
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