botch-up, n. colloq.
Brit. /ˈbɒtʃʌp/, U.S. /ˈbɑtʃˌəp/
[‹ to botch up: see botch v.1 3.]
The clumsy or inept performance of a task; a bungled attempt or endeavour, a mess-up.
| 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. 697 Goodwins botchup of a concert. 1969 Rolling Stone 28 June 11/4 He blamed himself for ‘overbooking’ the festival, but blamed botch-ups on the part of bands for half the troubles. 1995 Daily Mirror 23 Feb. 30/2 Be patient when you see so many people making a botch-up of things that you can do standing on your head. 2000 M. A. Waller 1700: Scenes from London Life xvi. 328 The name of the 1680s public executioner, Jack Catch, or Ketch, who had made such a botch-up of the Duke of Monmouth's beheading, became a byword for savagery and incompetence. |