Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bungle"

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bungle
n : an embarrassing mistake [syn: {blunder}, {blooper}, {bloomer},
{foul-up}, {fuckup}, {flub}, {botch}, {boner}, {boo-boo}]
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin [syn: {botch}, {bumble}, {fumble},
{botch up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball
up}, {spoil}, {muck up}, {fluff}, {bollix}, {bollix up},
{bollocks}, {bollocks up}, {bobble}, {mishandle}, {louse
up}, {foul up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}]
2: spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!"


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