"botch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɒt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-botch.ogg [US] Forms: botches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃ Etymology: From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Duplet to bodge. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bocchen||to mend}} Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), {{inh|en|ang|bōtettan||to improve; cure; remedy; repair}} Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), {{der|en|dum|botsen}} Middle Dutch botsen, {{m|dum|butsen}} butsen, {{m|dum|boetsen||to repair; patch}} boetsen (“to repair; patch”), {{m|en|beat}} beat, {{l|en|bodge}} bodge Head templates: {{en-noun}} botch (plural botches)
  1. An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work. Translations (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly): нескопосана работа (neskoposana rabota) (Bulgarian), bunyol [masculine] (Catalan), fuŝaĵo (Esperanto), bidouillage [masculine] (French), Pfusch [masculine] (German), Murks [colloquial, masculine] (German), kontármunka (Hungarian), fusermunka (Hungarian), praiseach [feminine] (Irish), prácás [masculine] (Irish), pasticcio (Italian), pastrocchio [masculine] (Italian), guazzabuglio [masculine] (Italian), partanina [feminine] (Polish), chałtura [feminine] (Polish), fuszerka [feminine] (Polish), amatorszczyzna [feminine] (Polish), gambiarra [feminine] (Portuguese), халту́ра (xaltúra) [feminine] (Russian), chapucería [feminine] (Spanish), pifia (Spanish), churro [colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), traed moch [masculine] (Welsh) Translations (a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle): fuŝaĵo (Esperanto), Pfusch [masculine] (German), kontármunka (Hungarian), fusermunka (Hungarian), fuszerka [feminine] (Polish), nepodarok (Slovak), chapuza [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-botch-en-noun-~jsfqXN7 Disambiguation of 'An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly': 83 2 13 1 1 Disambiguation of 'a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle': 76 7 2 4 11
  2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
    Sense id: en-botch-en-noun-TUt4PlSQ
  3. A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing. Translations (a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing): fuŝaĵo (Esperanto), kwiatek [animate, masculine] (Polish), wielbłąd [animate, masculine] (Polish), pifia (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-botch-en-noun-cZaxr7qP Disambiguation of 'a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing': 11 2 85 2 1
  4. A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
    Sense id: en-botch-en-noun-Xn2aOlw9
  5. (archaic) One who makes a mess of something. Tags: archaic Synonyms: bungler
    Sense id: en-botch-en-noun-QiL9gLbm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: botch job, botch-up Related terms: bodge, foul up, mess up, screw up
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bɒt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-botch.ogg [US] Forms: botches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃ Etymology: From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|botche}} Middle English botche, {{der|en|xno|boche}} Anglo-Norman boche, {{der|en|LL.|bocia||boss}} Late Latin bocia (“boss”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} botch (plural botches)
  1. (obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-botch-en-noun-bjAPeKzL
  2. A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
    Sense id: en-botch-en-noun-5C2pL2Mk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /bɒt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-botch.ogg [US] Forms: botches [present, singular, third-person], botching [participle, present], botched [participle, past], botched [past]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃ Etymology: From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Duplet to bodge. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bocchen||to mend}} Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), {{inh|en|ang|bōtettan||to improve; cure; remedy; repair}} Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), {{der|en|dum|botsen}} Middle Dutch botsen, {{m|dum|butsen}} butsen, {{m|dum|boetsen||to repair; patch}} boetsen (“to repair; patch”), {{m|en|beat}} beat, {{l|en|bodge}} bodge Head templates: {{en-verb}} botch (third-person singular simple present botches, present participle botching, simple past and past participle botched)
  1. (transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something Tags: transitive Synonyms: ruin, bungle, spoil Translations (to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner): извършвам нескопосано (izvǎršvam neskoposano) (Bulgarian), potinejar (Catalan), verprutsen (Dutch), fuŝi (Esperanto), tunaroida (Finnish), saccager (French), rater (French), verderben (German), verpfuschen [colloquial] (German), vermasseln [slang] (German), vermurksen [colloquial] (German), vergeigen [colloquial] (German), verbocken [colloquial] (German), verpatzen (english: on stage) (German), elfuserál (Hungarian), elront (Hungarian), elszúr (Hungarian), elgányol (Hungarian), praiseach a dhéanamh de (Irish), malfare (Italian), raffazzonare (Italian), pasticciare (Italian), rovinare (Italian), abborracciare (Italian), bôtchi (Norman), partaczyć [imperfective] (Polish), spartaczyć [perfective] (Polish), partolić [imperfective] (Polish), spartolić [perfective] (Polish), fuszerować [imperfective] (Polish), sfuszerować [perfective] (Polish), knocić [imperfective] (Polish), sknocić [perfective] (Polish), arruinar (Portuguese), fușeri (Romanian), запороть (zaporotʹ) (Russian), испортить (isportitʹ) (Russian), упропа́стити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), upropástiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), zbabrať (Slovak), desbarrar (Spanish), chapucear (Spanish), cawlio (Welsh), poitsio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-botch-en-verb-yOfzisvg Disambiguation of 'to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner': 95 2 2
  2. To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily. Translations (to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily): скърпвам (skǎrpvam) (Bulgarian), fušovat (Czech), fuŝi (Esperanto), tunaroida (Finnish), bâcler (French), rater (French), pfuschen (German), stümpern (German), schlampen (German), schludern (German), murksen (German), kontárkodik (Hungarian), fuserál (Hungarian), gányol (Hungarian), raffazzonare (Italian), rabberciare (Italian), bôtchi (Norman), slurve (Norwegian Bokmål), atrapalhar-se (Portuguese), накосячить (nakosjačitʹ) (Russian), сфушерити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sfušeriti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), desbarrar (Spanish), chapucear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-botch-en-verb-M7HwOok5 Disambiguation of 'to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily': 1 95 3
  3. To repair or mend clumsily. Synonyms: bodge, kludge
    Sense id: en-botch-en-verb-RT49GEz1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 33 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: botch up
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "text": "A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.",
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        "(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something"
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          "word": "ruin"
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          "word": "bungle"
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          "word": "spoil"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izvǎršvam neskoposano",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "извършвам нескопосано"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "potinejar"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "verprutsen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "fuŝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "tunaroida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "saccager"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "rater"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "verderben"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "verpfuschen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "vermasseln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "vermurksen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "vergeigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "verbocken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "on stage",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "verpatzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "elfuserál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "elront"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "elszúr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "elgányol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "praiseach a dhéanamh de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "malfare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "raffazzonare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "pasticciare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "rovinare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "abborracciare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "bôtchi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "partaczyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "spartaczyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "partolić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "spartolić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "fuszerować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sfuszerować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "knocić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sknocić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "arruinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "fușeri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaporotʹ",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "запороть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "isportitʹ",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "испортить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "упропа́стити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "upropástiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "zbabrať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "desbarrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "chapucear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "cawlio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
          "word": "poitsio"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily."
      ],
      "id": "en-botch-en-verb-M7HwOok5",
      "links": [
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "clumsily",
          "clumsily"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skǎrpvam",
          "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
          "word": "скърпвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
          "word": "fušovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
          "word": "fuŝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
          "word": "tunaroida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
          "word": "bâcler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
          "word": "rater"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "botsen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch botsen",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "butsen"
      },
      "expansion": "butsen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "boetsen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to repair; patch"
      },
      "expansion": "boetsen (“to repair; patch”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "beat"
      },
      "expansion": "beat",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bodge"
      },
      "expansion": "bodge",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Duplet to bodge.",
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    {
      "form": "botches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "botching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "botched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "botched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "botch (third-person singular simple present botches, present participle botching, simple past and past participle botched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "unacceptable",
          "unacceptable"
        ],
        [
          "incompetent",
          "incompetent"
        ],
        [
          "mess",
          "mess"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ruin"
        },
        {
          "word": "bungle"
        },
        {
          "word": "spoil"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "clumsily",
          "clumsily"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To repair or mend clumsily."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mend",
          "mend"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bodge"
        },
        {
          "word": "kludge"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɒt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒtʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-botch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-us-botch.ogg/En-us-botch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-botch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izvǎršvam neskoposano",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "извършвам нескопосано"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "potinejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "verprutsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "fuŝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "tunaroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "saccager"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "rater"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "verderben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "verpfuschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "vermasseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "vermurksen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "vergeigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "verbocken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "on stage",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "verpatzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "elfuserál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "elront"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "elszúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "elgányol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "praiseach a dhéanamh de"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "malfare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "raffazzonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "pasticciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "rovinare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "abborracciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "bôtchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "partaczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "spartaczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "partolić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "spartolić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "fuszerować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sfuszerować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "knocić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sknocić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "arruinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "fușeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaporotʹ",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "запороть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isportitʹ",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "испортить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "упропа́стити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "upropástiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "zbabrať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "desbarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "chapucear"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "cawlio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner",
      "word": "poitsio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skǎrpvam",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "скърпвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "fušovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "fuŝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "tunaroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "bâcler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "rater"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "pfuschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "stümpern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "schlampen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "schludern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "murksen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "kontárkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "fuserál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "gányol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "raffazzonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "rabberciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "bôtchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "slurve"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "atrapalhar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nakosjačitʹ",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "накосячить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сфушерити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sfušeriti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "desbarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily",
      "word": "chapucear"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "botch"
  ],
  "word": "botch"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒtʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒtʃ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "botch job"
    },
    {
      "word": "botch-up"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bocchen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to mend"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "bōtettan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to improve; cure; remedy; repair"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "dum",
        "3": "botsen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch botsen",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "butsen"
      },
      "expansion": "butsen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "boetsen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to repair; patch"
      },
      "expansion": "boetsen (“to repair; patch”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "beat"
      },
      "expansion": "beat",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bodge"
      },
      "expansion": "bodge",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Duplet to bodge.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "botches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "botch (plural botches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bodge"
    },
    {
      "word": "foul up"
    },
    {
      "word": "mess up"
    },
    {
      "word": "screw up"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conglomeration",
          "conglomeration"
        ],
        [
          "hodgepodge",
          "hodgepodge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who makes a mess of something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) One who makes a mess of something."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bungler"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɒt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒtʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-botch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-us-botch.ogg/En-us-botch.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neskoposana rabota",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "нескопосана работа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bunyol"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "fuŝaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bidouillage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfusch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Murks"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "kontármunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "fusermunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praiseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prácás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "pasticcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pastrocchio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guazzabuglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "partanina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chałtura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuszerka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amatorszczyzna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gambiarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xaltúra",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "халту́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chapucería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "pifia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "churro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "traed moch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "word": "fuŝaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfusch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "word": "kontármunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "word": "fusermunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuszerka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "word": "nepodarok"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chapuza"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing",
      "word": "fuŝaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwiatek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wielbłąd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing",
      "word": "pifia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "botch"
  ],
  "word": "botch"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒtʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒtʃ/1 syllable"
  ],
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "botche"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English botche",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "boche"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman boche",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "bocia",
        "4": "",
        "5": "boss"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin bocia (“boss”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "botches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tumour or other malignant swelling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tumour",
          "tumour"
        ],
        [
          "swelling",
          "swelling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A case or outbreak of boils or sores."
      ],
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        [
          "boil",
          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "sore",
          "sore"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɒt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒtʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-botch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-us-botch.ogg/En-us-botch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-botch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "botch"
  ],
  "word": "botch"
}

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