botch Definition

botch (colloq)
verb botches, botched, botching

1. To do something badly and unskilfully; to make a mess or bad job of something.

Thesaurus: bungle, blunder, mishandle, fumble, screw up (slang), goof (US slang), flub (US slang); spoil, mar, ruin, wreck, muff (slang); Antonym: accomplish, succeed.
2. To repair something carelessly or badly.

noun

botches
1. A badly or carelessly done piece of work, repair, etc.

Form: botch-up (also)

Derivative: botched
adj

Derivative: botcher
noun

Derivative: botchy
adj

Etymology: 16c in current verb senses;14c as bocchen, meaning ‘to patch'.