1. an embarrassing mistake
2. 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"

Similar Words: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, botch, boner, boo-boo, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up

 

Hyponyms: snafu, spectacle, bull, fumble, muff, fluff, faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie, howler, clanger, trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep

 

Derivational Morphology: botch, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, sin, blunder, boob, goof, blooper, bloomer, foul-up, boner, boo-boo, ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up, bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, spoiling, spoilage, screwup