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bodge

We found 11 definitions of bodge from 4 different sources.

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What does bodge mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

bodge - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
  botch, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
  go wrong, miscarry, fail suffer a miscarriage
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • bodge (Noun)
    A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.
  • bodge (Noun)
    The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge.
  • bodge (Noun)
    A four wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also a home made go-cart.
  • bodge (Verb)
    To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; patch up; repair, mend.
  • bodge (Verb)
    To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
  • bodge (Adjective)
    Insane or off the rails .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary πŸ“˜

  • bodge (n.)
    A botch; a patch.
  • bodge (v. t.)
    To botch; to mend clumsily; to patch.
  • bodge (v. i.)
    See Budge.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary πŸ“•

  • bodge
    boj, v.i. to make bad work, to fail.β€”n. Bodgβ€²er, a botcher, a pedlar. [A form of Botch.]

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