bungle meaning

UK US /ˈbʌŋɡəl/ 2 syllables

bungle (verb): make a mess of, destroy or ruin.

bungle has 3 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.

bungle as a verb

  1. 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: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up

    Type of: fail

    Related forms: bungler

  2. spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
    • I bungled it!

    Type of: act

    Related forms: bungler

bungle as a noun

  1. an embarrassing mistake

    Synonyms: blunder, blooper, bloomer, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo

    Type of: mistake

    Kinds: bobble, snafu, spectacle, bull, fumble, fluff, faux pas, howler, clanger, trip

How to pronounce bungle

bungle is pronounced /ˈbʌŋɡəl/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with bungle

Word lists: words starting with BU · words ending in LE · 6-letter words

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