Reverse Dictionary: BUNGLE

ADJECTIVES
1380 ► LEWD bungling; foolish, unskilful; ill-bred, ill-mannered → obs.
1580 ► BUNGERLY bungling; unworkmanlike, clumsy, awkward, slovenly → obs.
1586 ► TINKERLY bungling; clumsy, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable 
1685 ► MALADROIT bungling; awkward; clumsy; wanting in adroitness or dexterity 
1713 ► MAGGLED bungling; botched, disorganized → Sc.
1790 ► BUNGERSOME bungling; awkward, clumsy; unwieldy → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1825 ► ILL-FAURED bungling; clumsy; said of movement → Sc.
1853 ► BUTTERY-FINGERED bungling, clumsy; having a tendency to let things fall or slip from one’s hands 
1860 ► MUFFED bungled; clumsily spoilt, missed → Brit. sl.
1866 ► PALMERING bungling; awkward, clumsy, rude → Sc.
1872 ► FUDGY bungling; botched, awkward → US
1889 ► BUNGLESOME bungling and troublesome; awkward, clumsy → Amer. dial.
1944 ► FUBAR ‘fucked-up beyond all recognition’; bungled, ruined, messed up → US, orig. military sl.
1948 ► ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up → UK sl.
1949 ► POCHLIN bungling; awkward, inefficient → Sc.
1957 ► LEAD-FOOTED bungling; clumsy, slow → Amer. sl.
1984 ► ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up → UK sl.
1985 ► FERDUTZT bungled; spoiled, botched → Amer. dial.
2006 ► FOOZLIFIED bungled → US sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1839 ► ALL OF A FLARE bunglingly → sl.

NOUNS
1823 ► BUMBLE a mistake, a blunder; a bungled task → orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1834 ► BOGGLE-DE-BOTCH → BOGGLEDY BOTCH a complete bungle, a mess → colloq.
1835 ► MAFFLING a bungling; procrastination → Sc.
1837 ► BUNGLERY a bungling; unskilful or clumsy working or action 
1892 ► A DOG’S BREAKFAST something that is bungled or messy → sl.
1900 ► GOTCH a bungle, a marring → Sc. (Bk.)
1902 ► A DOG’S DINNER something that is bungled or messy → sl., chiefly Brit.
1905 ► MONCE a bungle; a mischance → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1929 ► HAGGLE a bungle, a botch, a tangle → Sc.
1930 ► PUCKERSNATCH something tangled, bungled or confused → Amer. dial.
1969 ► SCLATCH → SKLATCH a bungle, a botch, a mess of any kind → Sc.

NOUNS, PERSON
1530 ► BUMBLER a person who does something in a confused, blundering, or ineffectual way; an incompetent person; a bungler
1540 ► BLAITIE BUM a bungler; an idler; a simpleton, a fool; a sheepish fellow → Sc. obs., derogatory
.M16 ► DROMEDARY a stupid bungler → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1550 ► BATIE-BUMMIL a useless bungler; an inactive helpless fellow; a simpleton; a fool → Sc. obs.
1572 ► BATIE-BUM a useless bungler; a lazy or inactive fellow; an idler; a simpleton, a fool → Sc. obs., derogatory
1577 ► HAGGLER a bungler; a clumsy, awkward workman → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1580 ► ADDLE-COVE a stupid bungler; a dullard 
1583 ► TINKER a bungler; an unskilful or clumsy worker 
1592 ► ADDLE-HEAD a stupid bungler; one whose head is addled; an easy dupe; a dullard 
1601 ► ADDLE-PATE a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe 
1730 ► DUFFER a bungler; an incompetent person; a person of no ability; a foolish oaf → UK sl.
1799 ► ADDLE-BRAIN a foolish bungler; one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow 
1808 ► SCLATCH → SKLATCH a bungling, clumsy workman; a botcher; a big, lubberly fellow → Sc.
1825 ► BITCHER a bungler; a botcher, a muddler → Sc.
1828 ► POTTERMENT a bungler; an inexperienced workman → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1866 ► FAUCHLE a bungler; a slow, inept worker; a small, weak person unable to do his own turn and yet trying to do it → Sc.
1891 ► BATIE-BRIM → BATIE-BRIMMIL a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow → sl. (Bk.)
..L19 ► FOOZLER a bungler, one who does things clumsily → sl.
1905 ► MESSER a bungler; a muddler → Brit. colloq.
1905 ► NANNICK a bungler → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► NEVISON a bungler; anyone awkward at doing anything → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 ► BRIGGLER a bungler → Amer. dial.
1911 ► BLUNKER a bungler → Sc. (Bk.)
1925 ► KLOTZ → KLUTZ a bungler; a clod; an oaf; an idiot; an awkward, stupid person → colloq.
1933 ► EIGHT BALL a bungler; a troublemaker; a misfit → US sl.
1934 ► HALF-ASS a bungler; a blockhead; a stupid, incompetent person → US sl.
1942 ► MUCKER-UPPER a bungler → UK sl.
1949 ► PAUCHLER a bungler; a clumsy, unskilful person → Sc.
1954 ► BUTCHER a bungler; a clumsy incompetent → US sl.
1955 ► LEADFOOT a bungling, clumsy person → Amer. sl.
1957 ► GOOF-UP a bungler; a blunderer → US sl.
1969 ► WALLY a bungler; a stupid, foolish or inept person; an ineffectual person → UK sl.

VERBS
1225 ► STINK to be deplorable, nasty, disgusting, totally inept or bungling, etc.
1225 ► STINK ON ICE to be deplorable, nasty, disgusting, totally inept or bungling, etc.
1535 ► JUFFLE to fumble ineptly; to bungle → Sc. obs.
1599 ► HAGGLE to bungle; to cut clumsily with uneven jagged edges; to hack, to mangle, to mutilate 
1642 ► MASH to bungle, to make a ‘hash’ of → obs.
1721 ► MARGULLIE to bungle; to disfigure, to mar, to mangle; to mismanage, to abuse; to mar any business → Sc. obs.
1727 ► HAG to bungle, to mangle any business → Sc.
1766 ► FALL THROUGH to bungle, to blunder; to spoil, to prevent by mismanagement → Sc.
1781 ► MAFFLE to bungle; to blunder → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1806 ► MUX to make dirty, to soil; to spoil, to ruin, to bungle → chiefly Amer. dial.
1824 ► FAUCHLE to work in a bungling, helpless fashion; to work lazily or listlessly, to work with difficulty → Sc.
1825 ► MISCOOK to bungle; to mismanage any business → Sc.
1827 ► MUFF to bungle → UK sl.
1870 ► BOGGLE to bungle; to do something badly; to blunder; to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something → Amer. dial.
1873 ► JACK UP to bungle something; to foul up → colloq.
1887 ► BOSS to bungle, to make a mess of → Eng. dial. & sl.
1892 ► FOOZLE to bungle; to perform clumsily; to make a mess of → colloq.
1898 ► BALTER to do anything in a bungling way → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BLAWTHER to bungle; to blunder; to stumble → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..L19 ► SAND-GROPE to bungle → Aust. sl.
1905 ► MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to bungle; to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MARTYR to bungle, to mismanage, to confuse, to spoil; to work in a dirty and clumsy manner → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► MOMBLE to jumble together; to ravel, to tangle; to wrinkle, to crumple; to crumble; to mess; to bungle; to do anything in a clumsy way → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 ► BRIGGLE to bungle; to mishandle → Amer. dial.
1911 ► BLUNK to bungle; to spoil a thing; to mismanage → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BOMBELL to bungle → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BOUTCH to bungle; to botch → Sc. (Bk.)
1914 ► BAGGERPLET to bungle a thing; to make a clumsy job → Sc.
1914 ► GUGGLE to work in a bungling way → Eng. dial.
1924 ► YAGGLE to work in a bungling or laboriously way, to toil and moil, to labour → Sc.
1929 ► GAGGLE to bungle, to mess up; to work with something messy → Sc.
1932 ► ARSE UP → ASS UP to bungle; to botch; to mess up → US sl.
1941 ► CRAP UP to make a mess of, to bungle, to foul up; to mess up → sl., orig. US
1946 ► BOLLIX to bungle; to botch; to perform badly; to do a poor job → Amer. dial.
1946 ► FUBAR to ruin, to bungle, to mess up → US, orig. military sl.
1947 ► FUTZ UP to bungle → US sl.
1949 ► BALLOCKS to bungle; to botch; to perform badly; to do a poor job → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BOBBLE to bungle, to botch, to spoil → Amer. dial.
1970 ► KLUTZ to bungle, to botch → sl., orig. US
1979 ► SHEG to do badly, to make a mess of, to ruin, to botch, to bungle
1999 ► COCK UP to bungle; to ruin by incompetence (Bk.)
2001 ► SNAFU to bungle something; to reduce something to chaos → US sl.