"bodge" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bɒdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑdʒ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-bodge.ogg [Australia] Forms: more bodge [comparative], most bodge [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒdʒ Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-adj}} bodge (comparative more bodge, superlative most bodge)
  1. (slang, Northern Ireland) Insane, off the rails. Tags: Northern-Ireland, slang
    Sense id: en-bodge-en-adj-VgAZGQwr Categories (other): Northern Irish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /bɒdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑdʒ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-bodge.ogg [Australia] Forms: bodges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒdʒ Etymology: From Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair, patch”) (Dutch botsen (“to strike, beat, knock together”)), related to Old High German bōzan (“to beat”), See beat; or perhaps from Old English bōtettan (“to improve, repair”), Old English bōtian (“to get better”). Compare botch. More at boot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bocchen||to mend, patch up, repair}} Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), {{der|en|dum|botsen}} Middle Dutch botsen, {{m|dum|butsen}} butsen, {{m|dum|boetsen||to repair, patch}} boetsen (“to repair, patch”), {{cog|nl|botsen||to strike, beat, knock together}} Dutch botsen (“to strike, beat, knock together”), {{cog|goh|bōzan||to beat}} Old High German bōzan (“to beat”), {{l|en|beat}} beat, {{inh|en|ang|bōtettan||to improve, repair}} Old English bōtettan (“to improve, repair”), {{inh|en|ang|bōtian||to get better}} Old English bōtian (“to get better”), {{m|en|botch}} botch, {{m|en|boot}} boot Head templates: {{en-noun}} bodge (plural bodges)
  1. A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair. Synonyms: workaround Derived forms: bodge job Related terms: bodger, botch
    Sense id: en-bodge-en-noun-oXbCB~E0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bɒdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑdʒ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-bodge.ogg [Australia] Forms: bodges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒdʒ Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} bodge (plural bodges)
  1. (historical) The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-bodge-en-noun-Qk3vUidZ
  2. (South East England) A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart. Tags: East, England, South
    Sense id: en-bodge-en-noun-Jx5-o9EK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /bɒdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑdʒ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-bodge.ogg [Australia] Forms: bodges [present, singular, third-person], bodging [participle, present], bodged [participle, past], bodged [past]
Rhymes: -ɒdʒ Etymology: From Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair, patch”) (Dutch botsen (“to strike, beat, knock together”)), related to Old High German bōzan (“to beat”), See beat; or perhaps from Old English bōtettan (“to improve, repair”), Old English bōtian (“to get better”). Compare botch. More at boot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bocchen||to mend, patch up, repair}} Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), {{der|en|dum|botsen}} Middle Dutch botsen, {{m|dum|butsen}} butsen, {{m|dum|boetsen||to repair, patch}} boetsen (“to repair, patch”), {{cog|nl|botsen||to strike, beat, knock together}} Dutch botsen (“to strike, beat, knock together”), {{cog|goh|bōzan||to beat}} Old High German bōzan (“to beat”), {{l|en|beat}} beat, {{inh|en|ang|bōtettan||to improve, repair}} Old English bōtettan (“to improve, repair”), {{inh|en|ang|bōtian||to get better}} Old English bōtian (“to get better”), {{m|en|botch}} botch, {{m|en|boot}} boot Head templates: {{en-verb}} bodge (third-person singular simple present bodges, present participle bodging, simple past and past participle bodged)
  1. (Britain, Ireland) To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair. Tags: Britain, Ireland Synonyms: kludge
    Sense id: en-bodge-en-verb-Rv2FcrhQ Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
    Sense id: en-bodge-en-verb-gMgXN9jV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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