bungle

Definition of bungle

Verbs

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Synonyms:: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil

Type of:: fail, go wrong, miscarry
be unsuccessful

spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly

"I bungled it!"

Type of:: act, behave, do
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

Nouns

an embarrassing mistake

Synonyms:: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; bobble
the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; 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; fumble, muff
(sports) dropping the ball; fluff
a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines); faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism
a socially awkward or tactless act; howler
a glaring blunder; clanger
a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; misstep, stumble, trip, trip-up
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Type of:: error, fault, mistake
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

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