bodge

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bodge

I bodge the repair on the wooden chair.

Definition

Verb: - To carry out a task in a clumsy, unskilled, or hurried way, resulting in a poor or messy outcome; to botch or ruin something through careless work.

Usage

This verb describes performing an action incompetently, often leading to failure or a flawed result. It implies a lack of skill, care, or proper planning. It is typically used in informal contexts.

Examples
Advanced Usage
  • "to make a bodge of something": This phrase is a common alternative to the verb itself, emphasizing the resulting mess.
    • He made a complete bodge of repairing the fence.
  • The word often carries a connotation of a temporary or shoddy fix that is not a proper solution.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bodger (noun, informal): A person who does clumsy or unskilled work.
    • That plumber was a real bodger.
  • Bodged (adjective): Describing something that has been done poorly.
    • It was a bodged job from start to finish.
Synonyms
  • Botch: To carry out a task badly or carelessly.
  • Mishandle: To deal with something inefficiently or incompetently.
  • Mangle: To ruin or spoil something, especially through clumsiness.
  • Flub: To botch or bungle, especially in performance.
Phrasal Verbs
  • Bodge up (phrasal verb): A more emphatic form meaning to ruin or make a mess of something.
    • I'm afraid I've bodged up the computer settings.
Related Idioms
  • A botch job / A bodge job: Refers to work that has been done very badly.
    • The paintwork is a real bodge job; you can see all the brush strokes.
bodge

I bodge the repair on the wooden chair.

Verb
  1. 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

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