bodge — [bɔdʒ US ba:dʒ] n also bodge up [singular] spoken a mistake or something that is not as good as it should be →↑botch ▪ The builders have made a complete bodge of the kitchen. >bodge v [T] … Dictionary of contemporary English
bodge — UK [bɒdʒ] / US [bɑdʒ] or bodge up UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms bodge : present tense I/you/we/they bodge he/she/it bodges present participle bodging past tense bodged past participle bodged British informal to do something badly,… … English dictionary
bodge up — bodge UK [bɒdʒ] / US [bɑdʒ] or bodge up UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms bodge : present tense I/you/we/they bodge he/she/it bodges present participle bodging past tense bodged past participle bodged British informal to do something badly,… … English dictionary
Bodge — Bodge, n. A botch; a patch. [Dial.] Whitlock. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bodge — Bodge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bodged}.] To botch; to mend clumsily; to patch. [Obs. or Dial.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bodge — Bodge, v. i. See {Budge}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bodge up — variant UK US Main entry: bodge … Useful english dictionary
bodge — ► VERB Brit. informal ▪ make or repair badly or clumsily. DERIVATIVES bodger noun. ORIGIN alteration of BOTCH(Cf. ↑botcher) … English terms dictionary
bodge — also bodge up noun (singular) spoken a mistake or something that is not as good as it should be: The builders have made a complete bodge of the kitchen. see also: botch 2 bodge verb (T) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Bodge — We bodge things all the time here. I m sure you do too! To do a bodge job means to do a quick and dirty. Make it look good for the next day or two and if it falls down after that hey well we only bodged it! Applies to building, DIY, programming… … The American's guide to speaking British
bodge — [[t]bɒ̱ʤ[/t]] bodges, bodging, bodged VERB If you bodge something, you make it or mend it in a way that is not as good as it should be. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V n] He s a craftsman. It hurts him to have to bodge jobs. Syn: botch … English dictionary
