| botch | (v) make a mess of, destroy or ruin, Syn. flub, bollocks, botch up, ball up, muck up, mess up, bumble, bollocks up, fluff, fuck up, fumble, foul up, bollix, bungle, spoil, bollix up, bobble, muff, bodge, louse up, blow, screw up, mishandle, Example: I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement |