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Dictionary: botch   (bŏch) pronunciation
tr.v., botched, botch·ing, botch·es.
  1. To ruin through clumsiness.
  2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle.
  3. To repair or mend clumsily.
n.
  1. A ruined or defective piece of work: "I have made a miserable botch of this description" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
  2. A hodgepodge.

[Middle English bocchen, to mend.]

botcher botch'er n.
botchy botch'y adj.

SYNONYMS   botch, blow, bungle, fumble, muff. These verbs mean to harm or spoil through inept or clumsy handling: botch a repair; blow an opportunity; bungle an interview; fumbled my chance to apologize; muffed the painting job.


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verb

    To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: ball up, blunder, boggle, bungle, 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. Idioms: make a muck of. See correct/incorrect, help/harm/harmless.

noun

    A ruinous state of disorder: foul-up, mess, muddle, shambles. Informal hash. Slang screwup, snafu. See correct/incorrect, order/disorder.

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v

Definition: blunder
Antonyms: accomplish, achieve, do well, succeed


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To foul up hopelessly. To put together in a makeshift way.

pronunciation I thoroughly botched the job when I put the paint on too thickly and it dried with big drips all over it.

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Brock Lesnar performing a botched shooting star press at the main event of WrestleMania XIX, that resulted with a severe concussion afterwards.

To botch in professional wrestling means to attempt a scripted move that does not come out as it was originally planned due to a mistake, miscalculation, or a slip-up. Most botches are harmless but embarrassing, such as a wrestler simply flubbing a line or missing a cue, or falling before his opponent's move actually connects.

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Inexperience

A common cause of botches is inexperience. Jackie Gayda, winner of the Tough Enough 2 competition, in one of her first TV matches (a tag team match with Christopher Nowinski against Trish Stratus and Bradshaw on the July 8, 2002 edition of Raw from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), botched nearly every move that she tried or attempted to sell, the most infamous of which was a second-rope-bulldog by Stratus, which Gayda sold two seconds too late.[1] Matches like this are often referred to as Albino Dalmatian matches, because of all the missing spots.

On April 26, 1976, Bruno Sammartino suffered a neck fracture in a match against Stan Hansen at Madison Square Garden, when Hansen improperly executed a body slam. Bruno came back eight weeks later for a rematch.[2]

Danger

Sometimes botches can be extremely dangerous and can end a wrestler's career or life. For example, WWE wrestler D'Lo Brown once botched a running sitout powerbomb on his opponent Droz, resulting in Droz being paralyzed from the neck down (it should be noted, that this botch was mainly caused by a member of the audience tossing a beverage into the ring which D'Lo slipped on while holding Droz in the powerbomb position. Droz also did not cinch himself up at the waist as is the safety measure for powerbomb receivers).[citation needed] In other cases, the wrestler performing the move could be injured. Japanese wrestler Hayabusa botched a springboard moonsault in a match against Mammoth Sasaki when his foot slipped on the second rope and he landed on his head, causing catastrophic damage to his spine and neck and paralyzing him for one year.[3]

An example of the worst case scenario is when a botch results in the death of a performer. This happened to wrestling trainee Brian Ong. In May 2001, Ong was training with Dalip Singh (better known as WWE's Great Khali) and took a flapjack from Singh. The move was botched, reportedly because Ong had grabbed Singh's shirt instead of pushing off Singh's back as he was instructed. Although he had made the mistake several times before without incident, this time Ong landed tailbone first and his head was whipped back violently against the mat. The resulting impact was devastating, causing irreparable damage to his spine and brain stem. Coupled with a previous concussion, the move resulted in Ong's death a few days later.[4]

Improvising endings to matches

In most cases, minor botches are simply glossed over as though they never happened. Serious botches resulting in injuries often result in improvised endings to matches; one famous example being the match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Owen Hart, in which a botched piledriver left Austin with a broken neck and forced Hart to improvise an extended taunt/victory dance sequence until Austin was able to roll him up in a schoolboy pin, ending the match earlier than planned but with the desired winner. Hart died twenty-one months later as the result of a botched ring entrance stunt, crushing his chest from a seventy-nine foot fall. Sometimes, the remainder of a match will be canceled if a wrestler cannot continue or requires immediate medical attention.

If a wrestler is seriously injured (in a botch or otherwise) the referee normally signals the need for immediate help by doing an "X" formation with his arms over his head. In recent years, as some professional wrestling fans have noticed this, the referee may sometimes perform the symbol in an attempt to indicate a kayfabe injury to another performer, which will lead to the match being called off. This is not always the case nowadays, and on occasion, the "X" sign may be used to fool fans who are turned on to its purpose.

Positive aftermath

Along with being dangerous and sometimes fatal, botches can also have a positive impact on one's career. One (in)famous example is when Mick Foley, under his ring name Mankind, was wrestling The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match. After Foley was tossed off of the top of the cell through the announcers table, the match was going to be stopped. However, as he was being stretchered out of the arena, Foley got off the stretcher, climbed back on top of the cell and continued the match. The Undertaker then delivered a chokeslam to Foley on the roof of the cell, which caused one of the roof panels to give way. Foley plummeted to the mat below, both dislocating his shoulder and dislodging a tooth, caused by a chair falling with Foley and landing on his face, which punctured his upper lip and protruded through his nose. Despite suffering these injuries, Foley still finished the match. After this botch, Foley gained a legendary status among wrestling fans, and has since been dubbed the hardcore legend for this unplanned bump.[5]

Also, sometimes, botches can lead to the accidental invention of new moves. For example, the diving headbutt was invented when Harley Race botched a splash from the top rope, and the powerbomb was invented when Lou Thesz accidentally botched a piledriver.

References

  1. ^ "slash Wrestling slash RAW slash 8 July 2002". http://slashwrestling.com/raw/020708.html. Retrieved 2006-10-22. 
  2. ^ Meltzer, Dave. "wrestlingobserver Sanmartino". WON. http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=14958 wrestlingobserver. 
  3. ^ "Hayabusa paralyzed, Bischoff responds to Jericho, Benoit update, more". 2001-10-22. http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/articles/100378701249076.html. Retrieved 2006-10-22. 
  4. ^ Goldsmith, Susan (2004-01-14). "Mortal Combat". East Bay Express. http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2004-01-14/news/feature_3.html. Retrieved 2006-10-22. 
  5. ^ "Undertaker Bio". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wwealumni/undertaker/undertakerhiac/. 

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Translations: Botch
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forkludre
n. - makværk, klamphuggeri

idioms:

  • botch up    lappe sammen, rimpe sammen

Nederlands (Dutch)
verprutsen, knoeiwerk, slechte reparatie

Français (French)
v. tr. - rafistoler, saboter, gâcher, bâcler
n. - travail bâclé, bâclage

idioms:

  • botch up    bousiller, rafistoler

Deutsch (German)
v. - (ugs.), verpfuschen, pfuschen
n. - Pfuscherei

idioms:

  • botch up    verpfuschen, (notdürftig) flicken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταστρέφω από αδεξιότητα, επισκευάζω αδέξια, πρόχειρα ή τσαπατσούλικα, κουτσοφτιάχνω, ψευτομπαλώνω, ψευτοεπισκευάζω
n. - τσαπατσουλιά, φτηνοδουλειά

idioms:

  • botch up    φτιάχνω τσαπατσούλικα, κουτσομπαλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
guastare, pasticciare, rattoppo

idioms:

  • botch up    far fiasco, pasticciare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - remendar grosseiramente, fazer malfeito
n. - remendo (m) grosseiro, serviço (m) malfeito

idioms:

  • botch up    remendar grosseiramente, fazer malfeito

Русский (Russian)
испортить, напортачить, халтура

idioms:

  • botch up    испортить дело, напортачить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - estropear, arruinar, echar a perder, chapucear, embarullar
n. - chapucería, trabajo mal hecho, frangollo

idioms:

  • botch up    chapucear, chafallar, frangollar, meter la pata

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sabba, schabbla bort, göra pannkaka av
n. - fuskverk, klåperi, röra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
笨拙地修补, 拙劣地拼凑, 糟蹋, 拙笨的修补, 难看的补缀

idioms:

  • botch up    把...搞糟

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 笨拙地修補, 拙劣地拼湊, 糟蹋
n. - 拙笨的修補, 難看的補綴

idioms:

  • botch up    把...搞糟

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 실수하다, ~을 서투르게 수리하다
n. - 어설픈 일, 실수

idioms:

  • botch up    서툴게 고치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ぶざまなつぎはぎ, へたな仕事, 下手な繕い
v. - ぶざまに繕う, やりそこなう, 下手に繕う

idioms:

  • botch up    しくじる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أفسد, خرب (الاسم) مخرب, مفسد, مصلح فاشل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עבודה גרועה, תיקן באופן רע, קילקל, ביצע מחדל‬
n. - ‮עבודה גרועה, קלקול, ביצע מחדל‬


 
 
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