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Synonyms for bodge

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

ball up blow mess up foul up frig

All synonyms

Verb

1. Ball up

ball up, blow, mess up, foul up, spoil, botch, fumble, fluff, muck up informal, bumble, muff, bobble, louse up informal, bungle, botch up informal, flub US AU NZ, mishandle, bollix, bolix US, bollocks vulgar UK IE, bollocks up vulgar slang UK AU NZ, bollix up slang US

Other

frig

Noun

fuck-up, screw-up, hack

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.

  2. n. 1

    A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.

Related words

Phrases
bodge job

Forms

Plural
bodges → fuck-ups, screw-ups, hacks…
Past participle
bodged
e.g. bodged → blown, spoilt, botched, fumbled…

Example sentences

  • blow The loss of her husband was a great blow for Mary.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bodgesteady
blowrising
frigrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
blow1, hack1, muff1, frig1, flub
5 letters
spoil1, fluff1, botch1, bolix
6 letters
fumble2, bumble2, bobble2, bungle2, bollix
8 letters
bollocks2
9 letters
mishandle3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fumble2 = 2 syllables).