bodge in English dictionary

  • bodge

    Meanings and definitions of "bodge"

    • (UK) To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair.
    • (UK) A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair.
    • (historical) The water in which a smithy would quench items heated in a forge.
    • (rare) A sleeping area within a large bush (i.e. boxwood) in front of a Lodge or Fraternity House.
    • (South East England) A four wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also a home made go-cart.
    • (slang, Northern Ireland) insane or off the rails
    • adjective
      (slang, Northern Ireland)
      Insane, off the rails.
    • noun
      A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.
    • noun
      (historical)
      The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge.
    • noun
      (South East England)
      A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart.
    • verb
      (Britain)
      To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.
    • verb
      To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
    • verb
      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"

    Synonyms of "bodge" in English dictionary

    go wrong, mess up, bollix up are the top synonyms of "bodge" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of bodge

    • bodge ( comparative more bodge, superlative most bodge)
    • bodge ( plural  bodges)
    • bodge ( third-person singular simple present bodges, present participle bodging, simple past and past participle bodged)
    • bodge (comparative more bodge, superlative most bodge)
    • bodge (plural bodges)
    • bodge (third-person singular simple present bodges, present participle bodging, simple past and past participle bodged)
  • Bodge

    Meanings and definitions of "bodge"

    • A nickname for the country of Cambodia
    • proper
      A nickname for the country of Cambodia

    Grammar and declension of bodge

    • the 'Bodge
    • the 'Bodge

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