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Definition of Bungle
1. Noun. An embarrassing mistake.
Generic synonyms: Error, Fault, Mistake
Specialized synonyms: Bobble, Snafu, Spectacle, Bull, Fumble, Muff, Fluff, Faux Pas, Gaffe, Gaucherie, Slip, Solecism, Howler, Clanger, Misstep, Stumble, Trip, Trip-up
Derivative terms: Blunder, Botch, Botchy, Flub, Foul Up, Fuck Up
2. Verb. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Generic synonyms: Fail, Go Wrong, Miscarry
Derivative terms: Ballup, Botch, Botcher, Bumbler, Bungler, Flub, Fluff, Foul-up, Fuckup, Fumbler, Mess-up, Screwup, Spoil, Spoilage, Spoiling
3. Verb. Spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly. "I bungled it!"
Definition of Bungle
1. v. i. To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
2. v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up.
3. n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.
Definition of Bungle
1. Noun. A botched or incompetently handled situation. ¹
2. Verb. To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bungle
1. to work, make, or do clumsily [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bungle
Literary usage of Bungle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australia by Peter Hinze (2001)
"The region around *Purnululu bungle bungle National Park © did not enter public
consciousness until the 1980s. This dramatic landscape conceals some of the ..."
2. The Photographic News edited by Sir William Crookes, G Wharton Simpson (1859)
"... and it sometimes happens, that both plate and holder, in the experiments of "
bunglers " (and old hands often bungle in hurried manipulation), ..."
3. Sport in East Central Africa: Being an Account of Hunting Trips in by Frederick Vaughan Kirby (1899)
"... from the east—Wildebeeste seen—Bull shot—Disappointment —Red tree ants—Sable
antelope—Another bungle—A heavy day's ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"bungle, vn Work clumsily, be a botcher. Bulk, n. I. Magnitude, size, volume,
mass, dimensions. .... bungle ..."
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