BOTCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does botch mean? 

• BOTCH (noun)
  The noun BOTCH has 1 sense:

1. an embarrassing mistake

  Familiarity information: BOTCH used as a noun is very rare.

• BOTCH (verb)
  The verb BOTCH has 1 sense:

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin

  Familiarity information: BOTCH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An embarrassing mistake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall

Hypernyms ("botch" is a kind of...):

error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "botch"):

bobble (the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball)

snafu (an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up)

spectacle (a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase 'make a spectacle of' yourself)

bull (a serious and ludicrous blunder)

fumble; muff ((sports) dropping the ball)

fluff (a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines))

faux pas; gaffe; gaucherie; slip; solecism (a socially awkward or tactless act)

howler (a glaring blunder)

clanger (a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate)

misstep; stumble; trip; trip-up (an unintentional but embarrassing blunder)

Derivation:

botch (make a mess of, destroy or ruin)

botchy (poorly done)

• BOTCH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they botch    ... he / she / it botches   
Past simple: botched   
Past participle: botched   
-ing form: botching   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Hypernyms (to "botch" is one way to...):

fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

botch (an embarrassing mistake)

botcher (someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence)