bungle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bungle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for bungle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bungle n an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo] v 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" Synonym(s): 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 spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up. I always had an idea that it would be bungled. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bungle \Bun"gle\, n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder. Those errors and bungles which are committed. --Cudworth.