Search Result for "bungle": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an embarrassing mistake;
[syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]


VERB (2)

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
- Example: "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
- Example: "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
[syn: 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]

2. spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly;
- Example: "I bungled it!"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up. [1913 Webster] I always had an idea that it would be bungled. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bungle \Bun"gle\, n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder. [1913 Webster] Those errors and bungles which are committed. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bungled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling.] [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang.] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bungle n 1: an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo] v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" [syn: 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] 2: spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!"