English
bodge
Pronunciation Verb

bodge (bodges, present participle bodging; past and past participle bodged)

  1. (British) To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.
    • All the actions of his life are like so many things bodged in without any natural cadence or connexion at all. — (A book of characters, selected from the writings of Overbury, Earle, and Butler, Thomas Overbury and John Earle, 1865)
    • Some cars were neglected, others bodged to keep them running with inevitable consequences — (Original Porsche 356: The Restorer's Guide, Laurence Meredith, 2003)
    • Do not be satisfied with a bodged job, set yourself professional goals and standards — (The Restoration Handbook, Enric Roselló, 2007)
  2. To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
    • 1989, John Birchard, "The artful bodger", American Woodworker, page 41, May-June.
      "Bodging is more a curiosity than a valid craft these days," says Don. "But experience in low-tech woodworking is also a good way for the beginner to start getting a feel for turning without having to make a huge investment in a modern lathe."
    • 2000, Beth Robinson Bosk, The New Settler Interviews: Boogie at the Brink, ISBN 189013239X.
      Which is no different than my chair bodging, in that I can go out into the woodland and do my work without having to be tied in to a village shop situation.
Synonyms Noun

bodge (plural bodges)

  1. A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.
Synonyms Related terms Noun

bodge (plural bodges)

  1. (historical) The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge.
  2. (South East England) A four-wheeled handcart used for transport#Verb|transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart.
Adjective

bodge

  1. (slang, Northern Ireland) Insane, off the rails.


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