a warm tubular covering for the hands

(sports) dropping the ball

[ Syn: fumble ]

fail to catch, as of a ball

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

[ Syn: botch , bodge , bumble , fumble , botch up , blow , flub , screw up , ball up , spoil , muck up , bungle , fluff , bollix , bollix up , bollocks , bollocks up , bobble , mishandle , louse up , foul up , mess up , fuck up ]