What does getting botched mean?
Definition of botched
: unsuccessful because of being poorly done : spoiled by mistakes a botched attempt a botched recipe a botched medical procedure.
What is a botched job?
noun. A piece of work done hastily, clumsily, or unskilfully; a botched or bungled task or undertaking.
Is botched a bad word?
If you botch something, you make a mess of it or you ruin it. If you totally botch your lines in the school play, you stammer and stutter your way through the whole thing. Interestingly, the word botch originally meant the opposite of what it means today. The Middle English word bocchen meant to mend or repair.
What does botched mean in British slang?
British Dictionary definitions for botch
botch. / (bɒtʃ) / verb (tr often foll by up) to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude. to repair badly or clumsily.
What is a brolley?
Word forms: plural brollies. countable noun. A brolly is the same as an umbrella. [British, informal]
What is the meaning of pizzazz in English?
Definition of pizzazz
: the quality of being exciting or attractive: such as. a : glamour.
What does the expression hard as a brickbat mean?
1 : a fragment of a hard material (such as a brick) especially : one used as a missile. 2 : an uncomplimentary remark.
What is the origin of the word botched?
Etymology 1
Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat.
How do you use the word botched?
Examples of botch in a Sentence
Verb The store botched the order—I received only half the books I paid for. They clearly botched the investigation.
What is the meaning of bouquets and brickbats?
Filters. Praise and criticism ; complimentary and uncomplimentary feedback . noun.
What is bat in brick masonry?
The portions mad by cutting standard bricks across their width are known as brick bats. These are named according their fraction of full length of a standard brick. The portions made by cutting across their length in such a manner that their one strecher face remains uncut or half cut.
What is undergirded mean?
undergird un-der-GERD verb. 1 archaic : to make secure underneath. 2 : to form the basis or foundation of : strengthen, support. Examples: “The organ tones that undergirded much of her recent work suggested a secular version of the church nave.