Word Meaning

botch definition and meaning

n. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
n. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
n. Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle.
n. To mark with, or as with, botches.
n. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.
n. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.

Crossword clues for botch

- Bungle
- Carry out badly
- Make a mess of
- Slip-up
- Spoil by poor work