Synonyms: bobble
Definition: the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
Usage: the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out
Similar words: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, fuckup, flub, foul-up, pratfall
Definition: an embarrassing mistake
Synonyms: flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, ball up, spoil, screw up, mishandle, muck up, muff, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle
Definition: make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Usage: I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Similar words: fail, miscarry, go wrong
Definition: be unsuccessful
Usage: Where do today's public schools fail?; The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably