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Bungle synonyms
bŭng'gəl
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botch
To repair or patch clumsily
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  1. To repair or patch clumsily
  2. To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude:
  3. To spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle
blunder
To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
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  1. To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
  2. To say stupidly, clumsily, or confusedly; blurt
  3. To move clumsily or carelessly; flounder; stumble
fumble
To lose one's grasp on (a football, etc.) while trying to catch or hold it
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  1. To lose one's grasp on (a football, etc.) while trying to catch or hold it
  2. To search (for a thing) by feeling about awkwardly with the hands; grope clumsily
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:
mishandle
To handle badly, causing physical injury.
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  1. To handle badly, causing physical injury.
  2. To handle badly or roughly; abuse, maltreat, or mismanage
  3. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage:
blunder
To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
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  1. To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
  2. To say stupidly, clumsily, or confusedly; blurt
  3. To move clumsily or carelessly; flounder; stumble
bumble
To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
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  1. To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
  2. To blunder
  3. To stumble
flounder
To move clumsily or with little progress, as through water or mud.
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  1. To move clumsily or with little progress, as through water or mud.
  2. To speak or act in an awkward, confused manner, with hesitation and frequent mistakes
  3. (Intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
fudge
To evade (an issue, for example); dodge.
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  1. To evade (an issue, for example); dodge.
  2. To refuse to commit oneself or give a direct answer; hedge
  3. To go beyond the proper limits of something:
fumble
To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
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  1. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  2. To search (for a thing) by feeling about awkwardly with the hands; grope clumsily
  3. To lose one's grasp on (a football, etc.) while trying to catch or hold it
limp
To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
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  1. To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
  2. To walk with or as with a lame or partially disabled leg or foot
  3. To move or proceed unevenly, jerkily, or laboriously, as because of being impaired, defective, damaged, etc.
muddle
To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example).
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  1. To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example).
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To act or think in a confused way
shuffle
To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet:
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  1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet:
  2. To shift from position to position or move from place to place:
  3. To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
stagger
To arrange (the wings of a biplane) so that the leading edge of one wing is either ahead of or behind the leading edge of the other wing.
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  1. To arrange (the wings of a biplane) so that the leading edge of one wing is either ahead of or behind the leading edge of the other wing.
  2. To move unsteadily, as though about to collapse; totter, sway, or reel, as from a blow, fatigue, drunkenness, etc.
  3. (Sports) To arrange (the start of a race) with the starting point in the outside lanes progressively closer to the finish line so as to neutralize the advantage of competing in the shorter inside lanes.
stumble
To come by chance; happen
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  1. To come by chance; happen
  2. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
  3. To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.
blunder
To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
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  1. To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
  2. To say stupidly, clumsily, or confusedly; blurt
  3. To move clumsily or carelessly; flounder; stumble
boggle
To be or become confused or overwhelmed as by something very difficult, surprising, vast, etc.
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  1. To be or become confused or overwhelmed as by something very difficult, surprising, vast, etc.
  2. To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
  3. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.
botch
To repair or patch clumsily
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  1. To repair or patch clumsily
  2. To spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle
  3. To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude:
fumble
To touch or handle nervously or idly:
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  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To lose one's grasp on (a football, etc.) while trying to catch or hold it
  3. To search (for a thing) by feeling about awkwardly with the hands; grope clumsily
gum up
(Idiomatic, by extension) To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin.
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  1. (Idiomatic, by extension) To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin.
  2. To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process.
mess up
To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.
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  1. To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.
  2. To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.
  3. (Intransitive) To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.
mishandle
To handle badly or roughly; abuse, maltreat, or mismanage
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  1. To handle badly or roughly; abuse, maltreat, or mismanage
  2. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage:
  3. To handle badly, causing physical injury.
mismanage
To manage badly or carelessly.
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  1. To manage badly or carelessly.
muddle
To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example).
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  1. To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example).
  2. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:
  3. To act or think in a confused way
muff
To do (something) badly or awkwardly
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  1. To do (something) badly or awkwardly
  2. To perform or handle clumsily or ineptly; bungle.
  3. To perform a task clumsily or ineptly.
spoil
To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food.
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  1. To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food.
  2. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
  3. To be damaged or injured in such a way as to become useless, valueless, etc.; specif., to decay, as food
muck up
To ruin unintentionally.
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  1. To ruin unintentionally.
  2. (Intransitive) To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.
blow
To blossom
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  1. To blossom
  2. To bloom or cause to bloom.
goof up
(Slang) To make a mistake.
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  1. (Slang) To make a mistake.
  2. (Slang) To introduce problems to or damage through incompetence.
louse up
(Idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
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  1. (Idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
snafu
To make confused or chaotic.
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  1. To make confused or chaotic.
  2. To throw into confusion
blunder
A foolish or stupid mistake
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  1. A foolish or stupid mistake
  2. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
bull
An official document, edict, or decree, esp. one from the pope
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  1. An official document, edict, or decree, esp. one from the pope
  2. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Jean Baptiste François Bulliard (1752-1793).
  3. An official document issued by the pope and sealed with a bulla.
foozle
A mistaken shot in golf
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  1. A mistaken shot in golf
  2. An act of foozling; esp., a bad stroke in golf
  3. The act of bungling, especially a poor stroke in golf.
fumble
(Sports) A ball that has been fumbled.
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  1. (Sports) A ball that has been fumbled.
  2. The act or fact of fumbling
  3. The act or an instance of fumbling.
muff
A cylindrical covering of fur or other soft material into which the hands are placed from either end to keep them warm
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  1. A cylindrical covering of fur or other soft material into which the hands are placed from either end to keep them warm
  2. (--- Sports) A failure to hold the ball when attempting to catch it
  3. A small cylindrical fur or cloth cover, open at both ends, in which the hands are placed for warmth.
stumble
A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
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  1. A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
  2. The act of stumbling
  3. A blunder, error, or sin
blooper
(Nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
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  1. (Nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
  2. (Informal) A clumsy mistake, especially one made in public; a faux pas.
  3. (Informal) A film or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing mistake and/or accident during the course of regular filming.
boner
(Slang) An erection of the penis
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  1. (Slang) An erection of the penis
  2. (Slang) A stupid or silly blunder
  3. A blunder or an error.
bloomer
One who blooms, matures, or develops.
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  1. One who blooms, matures, or develops.
  2. A person in the bloom or prime of life
  3. (Slang) A blunder.
goof
A careless mistake; a slip.
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  1. A careless mistake; a slip.
  2. A stupid, silly, or credulous person
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