BOTCH
What does "BOTCH" mean?
To carry out a task badly or clumsily, ruining it through carelessness or lack of skill.
Meanings
- To spoil something by doing it clumsily or incompetently. They botched the repair and the leak got worse.
- A piece of clumsy or failed work; a mess. The whole launch was a complete botch. informal
Word origin
From Middle English 'bocchen' meaning 'to repair', of uncertain origin; the sense shifted over time from patching clumsily to spoiling outright.
Remember it
BOTCH rhymes with 'blotch' - a botched job leaves a blotch you can't wipe clean.
A little poem
Glue on the wrong side-
the careful plan dries crooked,
set, and set for good.
haiku
Wordplay
- I tried to fix the patch and patched the fix instead. Now even the botch needs a botch.
What it teaches
Speed without care does not save time; a botch is just the slow job done twice.
Quick facts
What does BOTCH mean?
To carry out a task badly or clumsily, ruining it through carelessness or lack of skill.
Is BOTCH a valid word?
Yes — BOTCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BOTCH?
BOTCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BOTCH come from?
From Middle English 'bocchen' meaning 'to repair', of uncertain origin; the sense shifted over time from patching clumsily to spoiling outright.
What can BOTCH teach us?
Speed without care does not save time; a botch is just the slow job done twice.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.