botch

Meanings

Verb

• To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
• To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
• To repair or mend clumsily.

Noun

• An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
• A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
• A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
• A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
• One who makes a mess of something.
• A tumour or other malignant swelling.
• A case or outbreak of boils or sores.

Origin

• From Middle English bocchen ("to mend"), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan ("to improve; cure; remedy; repair"), or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen, related to beat.
• From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia ("boss").