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Meaning of bodge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
bɒdʒ

Definitions

  1. A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.
  2. The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge.
    historical
  3. A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart.
    East, England, South

Equivalents

Deutsch Murks Pfusch
Suomi kyhäelmä

Examples

“The simple tool above provides a low-tech bodge to help people locate missing friends and family in Christchurch following today's terrible earthquake.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

bodge job bodger bodgery bodgie bodging Bodh Gaya

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