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BUNGLE
blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
(noun) an embarrassing mistake
bungle
(verb) spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; āI bungled it!ā
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
(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin; āI botched the dinner and we had to eat outā; āthe pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movementā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
bungle (third-person singular simple present bungles, present participle bungling, simple past and past participle bungled)
(ambitransitive) To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task; to make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly.
Noun
bungle (plural bungles)
A botched or incompetently handled situation.
Anagrams
• blunge
Source: Wiktionary
Bun"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bungled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling.] Etym: [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang.]
Definition: To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
Bun"gle, v. t.
Definition: To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up. I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron.
Bun"gle, n.
Definition: A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder. Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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