bungle

bun·gle

 (bŭng′gəl)

v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles

v.tr.

To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch. See Synonyms at botch.

v.intr.

To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.

n.

A clumsy or inept performance; a botch: made a bungle of the case due to inexperience.

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[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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bun′gler n.

bun′gling·ly adv.

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bungle

(ˈbʌŋɡəl)

vb

(tr) to spoil (an operation) through clumsiness, incompetence, etc; botch

n

a clumsy or unsuccessful performance or piece of work; mistake; botch

[C16: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare dialect Swedish bangla to work without results]

ˈbungler n

ˈbungling adj, n

ˈbunglingly adv

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bun•gle

(ˈbʌŋ gəl)

v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.t.

1. to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch.

v.i.

2. to perform or work clumsily or inadequately.

n.

3. something done clumsily or inadequately.

[1520–30; of uncertain orig.]

bun′gler, n.

bun′gling•ly, adv.

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bungle

Past participle: bungled
Gerund: bungling

Imperative

bungle

bungle

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bungle - an embarrassing mistake     blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out" snafu - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up spectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself bull - a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ball fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act howler - a glaring blunder clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger" misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
Verb	1.	bungle - 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" bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blow go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
	2.	bungle - spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!" behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

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bungle

verb mess up, blow (slang), ruin, spoil, blunder, fudge, screw up (informal), botch, cock up (Brit. slang), fuck up (offensive taboo slang), miscalculate, make a mess of, mismanage, muff, foul up, make a nonsense of (informal), bodge (informal), make a pig's ear of (informal), flub (U.S. slang), louse up (slang) Two prisoners bungled an escape bid last night
achieve, succeed in, fulfil, accomplish, carry off, effect

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bungle

verb

1. To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner:

blunder, bumble, flounder, fudge, fumble, limp, muddle, shuffle, stagger, stumble.

2. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:

ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil.

Informal: bollix up, muck up.

Slang: blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.

Idiom: make a muck of.

noun

A stupid, clumsy mistake:

blunder, bull, foozle, fumble, muff, stumble.

Informal: blooper, boner.

Slang: bloomer, goof.

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Translations

يَعْمَلُ بِغَيْر إتْقان

zfušovatzpackat

forkludreforplumre

Machwerkstümpern

gâcher

klúîra

abborracciarepasticciarepasticcio

prastai dirbti

pavirši strādātsabojāt darbu

forkludre

spackať

berbat etmekbozmak

搞糟

bungle

[ˈbʌŋgl]

A. N → chapuza f

B. VT [+ work] → hacer chapuceramente
to bungle it → hacer una chapuza, amolarlo (Mex)
to bungle an opportunity → desperdiciar una oportunidad

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bungle

[ˈbʌŋg^əl] vt → rater, gâcher

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bungle

vt → verpfuschen, vermasseln (inf); it was a bungled job → die Sache war vermasselt (inf) → or verpfuscht

vi I see you’ve bungled again, Higgins → wie ich sehe, haben Sie wieder einmal alles verpfuscht or vermasselt (inf), → Higgins

n → verpfuschte Sache, Stümperei f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bungle

[ˈbʌŋgl] (fam)

1. vt → fare un pasticcio di

2. vi → fare pasticci

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bungle

(ˈbaŋgl) verb

to do (something) clumsily or badly. Someone has bungled. knoei, verknoei, verbrou يَعْمَلُ بِغَيْر إتْقان оплесквам estragar zpackat, zfušovat stümpern forkludre; forplumre κάνω κτ. αδέξια και άσχημα pifiar vusserdama دستکاری و خراب کردن hutiloida gâcher לַעֲשוֹת עֲבוֹדָה גְרוּעָה घपला करना, गड़बड़ कर देना petljati elront bekerja dengan serampangan klúðra fare male しくじる 서투른 짓을 하다 sugadinti, prastai (pa)dirbti pavirši strādāt; sabojāt darbu kerja secara ceroboh klungelen, verknoeienforkludre sfuszerować, spartolić لاس وهنه او خراب کول estragar a rasoli делать кое– как spackať, zbabrať skaziti sklepati fumla, klanta sig งุ่มง่าม bozmak, berbat etmek 搞砸 працвати невміло, робити абияк اناڑی بن سے کچھ کرنا làm ẩu 搞糟

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