English-Thai Dictionary

bungle

N พลาด  งุ่มง่าม  เสียที  error correctness phlad

 

bungler

N ผู้ ที่ ทำ เสียหาย  botcher pu-ti-tham-sia-hai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUNGLE

v.i.bung'gl. To perform in a clumsy, awkward manner; as, to bungle in making shoes.

 

BUNGLE

v.t.To make or mend clumsily; to both; to manage awkwardly; with up.

 

BUNGLE

n.A botch; inaccuracy; gross blunder; clumsy performance.

 

BUNGLER

n.A clumsy awkward workman; one who performs without skill.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUNGLE

Bun "gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bungled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling. ]Etym: [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang. ]

 

Defn: To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

 

BUNGLE

BUNGLE Bun "gle, v. t.

 

Defn: To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up. I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron.

 

BUNGLE

BUNGLE Bun "gle, n.

 

Defn: A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder. Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth.

 

BUNGLER

BUNGLER Bun "gler, n.

 

Defn: A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bungle

bun gle |ˈbəNGgəl ˈbəŋɡəl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] carry out (a task ) clumsily or incompetently, leading to failure or an unsatisfactory outcome: she had bungled every attempt to help | (as adj. bungled ) : a bungled bank raid. • [ no obj. ] (usu. as adj. bungling ) make or be prone to making many mistakes: the work of a bungling amateur. ▶noun a mistake or failure, typically one resulting from mismanagement or confusion. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with bumble .

 

bungler

bun gler |ˈbəNGg (ə )lər ˈbʌŋɡlər | ▶noun a person who habitually bungles things; an amateur: the Los Angeles Times this morning called them bunglers.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bungle

bun ¦gle |ˈbʌŋg (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] carry out (a task ) clumsily or incompetently: she had bungled every attempt to help | (as adj. bungled ) : a bungled bank raid. • [ no obj. ] (usu. as adj. bungling ) make or be prone to making many mistakes: the work of a bungling amateur. ▶noun a mistake or badly carried out action: a government bungle over state pensions. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with bumble .

 

bungler

bun |gler |ˈbʌŋglə (r )| ▶noun a person who habitually bungles things; an amateur: the government is evidently a bunch of bunglers.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bungle

bungle verb they bungled the robbery: mishandle, mismanage, mess up, spoil, ruin, blunder; informal botch, muff, fluff, make a hash of, foul up, screw up, flub, goof up. WORD SPECTRUM: adept / bungler See adept Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bungle

bungle verb the prisoners bungled their escape bid: mishandle, mismanage, mess up, make a mess of, botch, spoil, mar, ruin; informal make a hash of, muff, fluff, foul up, screw up, louse up, bitch up, blow, foozle; Brit. informal make a muck of, make a pig's ear of, cock up, make a Horlicks of; N. Amer. informal flub, goof up, bobble; vulgar slang fuck up, bugger up, balls up, bollix up. ANTONYMS succeed in, manage successfully.

 

bungler

bungler noun his mistakes have caused him to be branded a bungler: blunderer, incompetent, amateur, bumbler, botcher, clown, hopeless case; informal mutt, butterfingers; Brit. informal bodger, prat; N. Amer. informal jackleg, spud; archaic lurdan; (bunglers ) Brit. informal shower. ANTONYMS expert.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bungle

bun gle /bʌ́ŋɡ (ə )l /動詞 他動詞 自動詞 (〈仕事など 〉を [で ])しくじる, やりそこなう .名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗失策, へま .b ú n gler 名詞 C 不器用な人 .