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Definition: BOTCHES

Part of Speech Definition
Verb Present Tense 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb botch.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(botch)
1. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out".[Wordnet].
2. To mark with, or as with, botches.[Websters].
3. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.[Websters].
4. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: botching, botched, botches, botcher, botchers, botchingly and botchedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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"Botches" is a common misspelling or typo for: bitches, blotches, botched, notches, botchers.

Date "Botches" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1534. (references)

Definition: BOTCHES

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb Present Tense1. Present tense conjugation of the verb botch.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(botch)
1. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out".[Wordnet].
2. To mark with, or as with, botches.[Websters].
3. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.[Websters].
4. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: botching, botched, botches, botcher, botchers, botchingly and botchedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "BOTCHES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1534. (references)

Specialty Definition: botch

DomainDefinition
BibleBotch the name given in Deut. 28:27, 35 to one of the Egyptian plagues (Ex. 9:9). The word so translated is usually rendered "boil" (q.v.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
LiteratureBotch A patch. Botch and patch are the same word; the older form was bodge, whence boggle. (Italian pezzo, pronounced patzo.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811BOTCH. A nick name for a taylor. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
WikipedicBotch was a mathcore band from Tacoma, Washington, that formed in 1993 and disbanded in 2002. Its members went on to form Roy, Minus the Bear, and These Arms are Snakes among others. (references)

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Common Expressions: botch

ExpressionsDefinition
Botch (professional wrestling)To botch in professional wrestling means to attempt a scripted move that does not come out as it was originally planned, due to a mistake, a miscalculation, or a slip-up. Most botches are harmless, such as a wrestler falling backwards before his opponent's foot actually touches his face, inciting the fans to chant "You fucked up!" But some botches are extremely dangerous and can end a wrestler's career on the spot; for example, former WWF wrestler D'Lo Brown once botched a powerbomb on his opponent Darren Drozdov, resulting in Drozdov being paralyzed from the waist down. Botches can even end a wrestler's life; Owen Hart died during the 1999 Over the Edge event when he fell 90 feet into the ring when a safety harness supporting him during his ring entrance failed. The only reason TV viewers did not see the incident was because the director had cut away to a pre-taped promo. (references)
Botch upMake a mess of, destroy or ruin. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Topics by Level of Interest: botch

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Botch18   Botch18
Botch (professional wrestling)8   Botch (band)8
Botch (band)8   Botch (professional wrestling)8

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).