Reverse Dictionary: BUNGLE

ADJECTIVES
► ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up → 1984 UK sl.
► ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up → 1948 UK sl.
► BUNGERLY bungling; unworkmanlike, clumsy, awkward, slovenly → 1580 obs.
► BUNGERSOME bungling; awkward, clumsy; unwieldy → 1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BUNGLESOME bungling and troublesome; awkward, clumsy → 1889 Amer. dial.
► BUTTERY-FINGERED bungling, clumsy; having a tendency to let things fall or slip from one’s hands → 1853
► FERDUTZT bungled; spoiled, botched → 1985 Amer. dial.
► FOOZLIFIED bungled → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FUBAR ‘fucked-up beyond all recognition’; bungled, ruined, messed up → 1944 US, orig. military sl.
► FUDGY bungling; botched, awkward → 1872 US
► ILL-FAURED bungling; clumsy; said of movement → 1825 Sc.
► LEAD-FOOTED bungling; clumsy, slow → 1957 Amer. sl.
► LEWD bungling; foolish, unskilful; ill-bred, ill-mannered → 1380 obs.
► MAGGLED bungling; botched, disorganized → 1713 Sc.
► MALADROIT bungling; awkward; clumsy; wanting in adroitness or dexterity → 1685
► MUFFED bungled; clumsily spoilt, missed → 1860 Brit. sl.
► PALMERING bungling; awkward, clumsy, rude → 1866 Sc.
► POCHLIN bungling; awkward, inefficient → 1949 Sc.
► SCAMBLING clumsily or carelessly executed, slipshod, slovenly; makeshift; also, of a person: blundering, bungling → 1589
► TINKERLY bungling; clumsy, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable → 1586

ADVERBS
► ALL OF A FLARE bunglingly → 1839 sl.

NOUNS
► BOGGLE-DE-BOTCH ► BOGGLEDY BOTCH a complete bungle, a mess → 1834 colloq.
► BUMBLE a mistake, a blunder; a bungled task → 1823 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► BUNGLERY a bungling; unskilful or clumsy working or action → 1837
► DOG’S BREAKFAST, A something that is bungled or messy → 1892 sl.
► DOG’S DINNER, A something that is bungled or messy → 1902 sl., chiefly Brit.
► GOTCH a bungle, a marring → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HAGGLE a bungle, a botch, a tangle → 1929 Sc.
► MAFFLING a bungling; procrastination → 1835 Sc.
► MONCE a bungle; a mischance → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PAUL’S WORK a bungled job → 17C colloq.
► PUCKERSNATCH something tangled, bungled or confused → 1930 Amer. dial.
► SCLATCH ► SKLATCH a bungle, a botch, a mess of any kind → 1969 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ADDLE-BRAIN a foolish bungler; one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow → 1799
► ADDLE-COVE a stupid bungler; a dullard → 1580
► ADDLE-HEAD a stupid bungler; one whose head is addled; an easy dupe; a dullard → 1592
► ADDLE-PATE a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe → 1601
► BATIE-BRIM ► BATIE-BRIMMIL a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► BATIE-BUM a useless bungler; a lazy or inactive fellow; an idler; a simpleton, a fool → 1572 Sc. obs., derogatory
► BATIE-BUMMIL a useless bungler; an inactive helpless fellow; a simpleton; a fool → 1550 Sc. obs.
► BITCHER a bungler; a botcher, a muddler → 1825 Sc.
► BLAITIE BUM a bungler; an idler; a simpleton, a fool; a sheepish fellow → 1540 Sc. obs., derogatory
► BLUNKER a bungler → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRIGGLER a bungler → 1908 Amer. dial.
► BUMBLER a person who does something in a confused, blundering, or ineffectual way; an incompetent person; a bungler → 1530 
► BUTCHER a bungler; a clumsy incompetent → 1954 US sl.
► DROMEDARY a stupid bungler → M16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DUFFER a bungler; an incompetent person; a person of no ability; a foolish oaf → 1730 UK sl.
► EIGHT BALL a bungler; a troublemaker; a misfit → 1933 US sl.
► FAUCHLE a bungler; a slow, inept worker; a small, weak person unable to do his own turn and yet trying to do it → 1866 Sc.
► FOOZLER a bungler, one who does things clumsily → L19 sl.
► GOOF-UP a bungler; a blunderer → 1957 US sl.
► HAGGLER a bungler; a clumsy, awkward workman → 1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HALF-ASS a bungler; a blockhead; a stupid, incompetent person → 1934 US sl.
► KLOTZ ► KLUTZ a bungler; a clod; an oaf; an idiot; an awkward, stupid person → 1925 colloq.
► LEADFOOT a bungling, clumsy person → 1955 Amer. sl.
► MESSER a bungler; a muddler → 1905 Brit. colloq.
► MUCKER-UPPER a bungler → 1942 UK sl.
► MUT ► MUTT a fool, a bungler, an ignoramus → 1900 US sl.
► MUTT AND JEFF a pair of stupid, bungling men → 1917 sl., orig. US
► NANNICK a bungler → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEVISON a bungler; anyone awkward at doing anything → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NIMROD a fool, a stupid person, a bungler → 1932 US sl.
► PAUCHLER a bungler; a clumsy, unskilful person → 1949 Sc.
► POTTERMENT a bungler; an inexperienced workman → 1828 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SCLATCH ► SKLATCH a bungling, clumsy workman; a botcher; a big, lubberly fellow → 1808 Sc.
► STUMBLEBUM an incompetent, bungling, foolish person → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TINKER a bungler; an unskilful or clumsy worker → 1583
► WALLY a bungler; a stupid, foolish or inept person; an ineffectual person → 1969 UK sl.

VERBS
► ARSE UP ► ASS UP to bungle; to botch; to mess up → 1932 US sl.
► BAGGERPLET to bungle a thing; to make a clumsy job → 1914 Sc.
► BALLOCKS to bungle; to botch; to perform badly; to do a poor job → 1949 Amer. dial.
► BALTER to do anything in a bungling way → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BITCH to bungle, to spoil → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BLAWTHER to bungle; to blunder; to stumble → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLUNK to bungle; to spoil a thing; to mismanage → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOBBLE to bungle, to botch, to spoil → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOGGLE to bungle; to do something badly; to blunder; to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something → 1870 Amer. dial.
► BOLLIX to bungle; to botch; to perform badly; to do a poor job → 1946 Amer. dial.
► BOMBELL to bungle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOSS to bungle, to make a mess of → 1887 Eng. dial. & sl.
► BOUTCH to bungle; to botch → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRIGGLE to bungle; to mishandle → 1908 Amer. dial.
► BUMFUZZLE to bungle → 1938 Amer. dial.
► COCK UP to bungle; to ruin by incompetence → 1999 (Bk.)
► CRAP UP to make a mess of, to bungle, to foul up; to mess up → 1941 sl., orig. US
► FALL THROUGH to bungle, to blunder; to spoil, to prevent by mismanagement → 1766 Sc.
► FAUCHLE to work in a bungling, helpless fashion; to work lazily or listlessly, to work with difficulty → 1824 Sc.
► FLUB to make a mess of; to bungle; to botch → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOOZLE to bungle; to perform clumsily; to make a mess of → 1892 colloq.
► FUBAR to ruin, to bungle, to mess up → 1946 US, orig. military sl.
► FUTZ UP to bungle → 1947 US sl.
► GAGGLE to bungle, to mess up; to work with something messy → 1929 Sc.
► GAUM to act in a stupid, bungling way → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GUGGLE to work in a bungling way → 1914 Eng. dial.
► HAG to bungle, to mangle any business → 1727 Sc.
► HAGGLE to bungle; to cut clumsily with uneven jagged edges; to hack, to mangle, to mutilate → 1599 
► JACK UP to bungle something; to foul up → 1873 colloq.
► JUFFLE to fumble ineptly; to bungle → 1535 Sc. obs.
► KLUTZ to bungle, to botch → 1970 sl., orig. US
► MAFFLE to bungle; to blunder → 1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MAKE A FOOPAH to bungle or make a mess of something → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to bungle; to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MARGULLIE to bungle; to disfigure, to mar, to mangle; to mismanage, to abuse; to mar any business → 1721 Sc. obs.
► MARTYR to bungle, to mismanage, to confuse, to spoil; to work in a dirty and clumsy manner → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MASH to bungle, to make a ‘hash’ of → 1642 obs.
► MISCOOK to bungle; to mismanage any business → 1825 Sc.
► 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 → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOMMICK to ruin by bungling → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MUFF to bungle → 1827 UK sl.
► MUX to make dirty, to soil; to spoil, to ruin, to bungle → 1806 chiefly Amer. dial.
► SAND-GROPE to bungle → L19 Aust. sl.
► SHEG to do badly, to make a mess of, to ruin, to botch, to bungle → 1979 
► SNAFU to bungle something; to reduce something to chaos → 2001 US sl.
► 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. → 1225 
► YAGGLE to work in a bungling or laboriously way, to toil and moil, to labour → 1924 Sc.