bungle

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: blunder blooper bloomer pratfall foul-up fuckup flub botch boner boo-boo bodge bumble

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

an embarrassing mistakeSynonyms: blunder blooper bloomer pratfall foul-up fuckup flub botch boner boo-boo

Verb (2)

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”Synonyms: botch bodge bumble fumble botch up muff blow flub screw up ball up spoil muck up fluff bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up bobble mishandle louse up foul up mess up fuck up
spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly“I bungled it!”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]

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]