bodge
/bɑdʒ/
verb
- To make or repair something clumsily or badly, often as a temporary fix.
- The plumber bodged the pipe repair, and water leaked all over the floor.
- He tried to bodge the broken chair with tape and glue, but it fell apart again.
- Instead of doing it properly, she bodged the wiring and caused a short circuit.
Synonyms
noun
- A clumsy or poor-quality repair or piece of work.
- That patch on the roof is just a bodge that won't last through the winter.
- The report was full of errors — a complete bodge from start to finish.
- They called the first version of the software a bodge because it crashed constantly.