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• bungle — [buŋ′gəl] vt. bungled, bungling [< ? Swed bangla, to work ineffectually] to spoil by clumsy work or action; botch vi. to do or make things badly or clumsily n. 1. a bungling, or clumsy, act 2. a bungled piece of work bungler n. bunglingly adv …   English World dictionary

• 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bungle — 1520s, origin obscure, perhaps a mix of boggle and bumble, or more likely from a Scandinavian word akin to Swed. bangla to work ineffectually, from O.Swed. bunga to strike (Cf. Ger. Bengel cudgel, also rude fellow ). Related: Bungled; bungler;… …   Etymology dictionary

• bungle — verb (bungled; bungling) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic banga to hammer Date: 1549 intransitive verb to act or work clumsily and awkwardly transitive verb mishandle, botch …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bungle — bun·gle || bʌŋgl n. failure; poor workmanship, inferior work v. botch, mismanage, screw up; do inferior work …   English contemporary dictionary

• bungle — v. & n. v. 1 tr. blunder over, mismanage, or fail at (a task). 2 intr. work badly or clumsily. n. a bungled attempt; bungled work. Derivatives: bungler n. Etymology: imit.: cf. BUMBLE …   Useful english dictionary

• bungle — bungler, n. bunglingly, adv. /bung geuhl/, v., bungled, bungling, n. v.t. 1. to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job. v.i. 2. to perform or work clumsily or inadequately: He is a fool who bungles consistently. n. 3. a bungling… …   Universalium

• bungle — Synonyms and related words: bad job, bat out, be all thumbs, bevue, blooper, blow, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bollix, bonehead play, boner, boo boo, botch, bugger, bull, bumble, butcher, clumsy… …   Moby Thesaurus

• bungle — I. v. a. Botch, do clumsily, mismanage, make a botch of, make a mess of. II. v. n. Work clumsily, be a botcher …   New dictionary of synonyms

• bungle — bun•gle [[t]ˈbʌŋ gəl[/t]] v. gled, gling, n. 1) to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch 2) to perform or work clumsily or inadequately 3) something done clumsily or inadequately • Etymology: 1520–30; of uncert. orig. bun′gler, n. bun′gling•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

• Mr. Bungle — live in 1999. Background information Origin Eureka, California, United States …   Wikipedia