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1. An embarrassing mistake
   - blunder, blooper [N. Amer], bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, flub [N. Amer], boner, boo-boo, blue [Austral, NZ]

1. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "I botched up the dinner and we had to eat out"
   - bodge [Brit], bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub [N. Amer], screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bobble [N. Amer], mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, bugger, balls up

Derived forms: botched, botching, botches

See also: botcher, botchy

Type of: error, fail, fault, go wrong, miscarry, mistake

Encyclopedia: Botch