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bun·gle

(bŭng′gəl)

v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles

v.tr.

To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch. See Synonyms at botch.

v.intr.

To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.

A clumsy or inept performance; a botch: made a bungle of the case due to inexperience.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

bun′gler n.

bun′gling·ly adv.

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bungle

(ˈbʌŋɡəl)

(tr) to spoil (an operation) through clumsiness, incompetence, etc; botch

a clumsy or unsuccessful performance or piece of work; mistake; botch

[C16: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare dialect Swedish bangla to work without results]

ˈbungler n

ˈbungling adj, n

ˈbunglingly adv

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bun•gle

(ˈbʌŋ gəl)

v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.t.

1. to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch.

v.i.

2. to perform or work clumsily or inadequately.

3. something done clumsily or inadequately.

[1520–30; of uncertain orig.]

bun′gler, n.

bun′gling•ly, adv.

bungle

Past participle: bungled
Gerund: bungling

Imperative
bungle
bungle

Present
I bungle
you bungle
he/she/it bungles
we bungle
you bungle
they bungle

Preterite
I bungled
you bungled
he/she/it bungled
we bungled
you bungled
they bungled

Present Continuous
I am bungling
you are bungling
he/she/it is bungling
we are bungling
you are bungling
they are bungling

Present Perfect
I have bungled
you have bungled
he/she/it has bungled
we have bungled
you have bungled
they have bungled

Past Continuous
I was bungling
you were bungling
he/she/it was bungling
we were bungling
you were bungling
they were bungling

Past Perfect
I had bungled
you had bungled
he/she/it had bungled
we had bungled
you had bungled
they had bungled

Future
I will bungle
you will bungle
he/she/it will bungle
we will bungle
you will bungle
they will bungle

Future Perfect
I will have bungled
you will have bungled
he/she/it will have bungled
we will have bungled
you will have bungled
they will have bungled

Future Continuous
I will be bungling
you will be bungling
he/she/it will be bungling
we will be bungling
you will be bungling
they will be bungling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bungling
you have been bungling
he/she/it has been bungling
we have been bungling
you have been bungling
they have been bungling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bungling
you will have been bungling
he/she/it will have been bungling
we will have been bungling
you will have been bungling
they will have been bungling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bungling
you had been bungling
he/she/it had been bungling
we had been bungling
you had been bungling
they had been bungling

Conditional
I would bungle
you would bungle
he/she/it would bungle
we would bungle
you would bungle
they would bungle

Past Conditional
I would have bungled
you would have bungled
he/she/it would have bungled
we would have bungled
you would have bungled
they would have bungled

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Noun	1.	bungle - an embarrassing mistake blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out" 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; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ball fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act howler - a glaring blunder clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger" misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
Verb	1.	bungle - 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" bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blow go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
	2.	bungle - spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!" behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

bungle

verb mess up, blow (slang), ruin, spoil, blunder, fudge, screw up (informal), botch, cock up (Brit. slang), fuck up (offensive taboo slang), miscalculate, make a mess of, mismanage, muff, foul up, make a nonsense of (informal), bodge (informal), make a pig's ear of (informal), flub (U.S. slang), louse up (slang) Two prisoners bungled an escape bid last night
achieve, succeed in, fulfil, accomplish, carry off, effect

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bungle

verb

1. To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner:

blunder, bumble, flounder, fudge, fumble, limp, muddle, shuffle, stagger, stumble.

2. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:

ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil.

Informal: bollix up, muck up.

Slang: blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.

Idiom: make a muck of.

noun

A stupid, clumsy mistake:

blunder, bull, foozle, fumble, muff, stumble.

Informal: blooper, boner.

Slang: bloomer, goof.

Translations

يَعْمَلُ بِغَيْر إتْقان

zfušovatzpackat

forkludreforplumre

Machwerk stümpern

gâcher

klúîra

abborracciare pasticciare pasticcio

prastai dirbti

pavirši strādātsabojāt darbu

forkludre

spackať

berbat etmek bozmak

搞糟

bungle

[ˈbʌŋgl]

A. N → chapuza f

B. VT [+ work] → hacer chapuceramente
to bungle it → hacer una chapuza, amolarlo (Mex)
to bungle an opportunity → desperdiciar una oportunidad

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bungle

[ˈbʌŋg^əl] vt → rater, gâcher

bungle

vt → verpfuschen, vermasseln (inf); it was a bungled job → die Sache war vermasselt (inf) → or verpfuscht

vi I see you’ve bungled again, Higgins → wie ich sehe, haben Sie wieder einmal alles verpfuscht or vermasselt (inf), → Higgins

n → verpfuschte Sache, Stümperei f

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bungle

[ˈbʌŋgl] (fam)

1. vt → fare un pasticcio di

2. vi → fare pasticci

bungle

(ˈbaŋgl) verb

to do (something) clumsily or badly. Someone has bungled.

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