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    BUNGLE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An embarrassing mistakeplay

    Synonyms:

    bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("bungle" is a kind of...):

    error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bungle"):

    bobble (the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball)

    snafu (an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up)

    spectacle (a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase 'make a spectacle of' yourself)

    bull (a serious and ludicrous blunder)

    fumble; muff ((sports) dropping the ball)

    fluff (a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines))

    faux pas; gaffe; gaucherie; slip; solecism (a socially awkward or tactless act)

    howler (a glaring blunder)

    clanger (a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate)

    misstep; stumble; trip; trip-up (an unintentional but embarrassing blunder)

    Derivation:

    bungle (spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly)

    bungle (make a mess of, destroy or ruin)

     II. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they bungle  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it bungles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: bungled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: bungled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: bungling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishlyplay

    Example:

    I bungled it!

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "bungle" is one way to...):

    act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s

    Derivation:

    bungle (an embarrassing mistake)

    bungler (someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Make a mess of, destroy or ruinplay

    Example:

    the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

    Synonyms:

    ball up; blow; bobble; bodge; bollix; bollix up; bollocks; bollocks up; botch; botch up; bumble; bungle; flub; fluff; foul up; fuck up; fumble; louse up; mess up; mishandle; muck up; muff; screw up; spoil

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "bungle" is one way to...):

    fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    bungle (an embarrassing mistake)

    bungler (someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence)

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