Dictionary definitions
- Enter a word for the dictionary definition.
bungle
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. t.
To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; --
sometimes with up.
[1913 Webster]
I always had an idea that it would be bungled. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bungle \Bun"gle\, n.
A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.
[1913 Webster]
Those errors and bungles which are committed.
--Cudworth.
[1913 Webster]
.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bungled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling.] [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang.] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner. [1913 Webster]
