Bungle
(Bun"gle), v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; — sometimes with
up.
I always had an idea that it would be bungled.
Byron.
Bungle
(Bun"gle) n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.
Those errors and bungles which are committed.
Cudworth.
Bungler
(Bun"gler) n. A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.
If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous
to a scholar to be such!
Barrow.
Bungling
(Bun"gling) a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift.
They make but bungling work.
Dryden.
Bunglingly
(Bun"gling*ly), adv. Clumsily; awkwardly.
Bungo
(Bun"go) n. (Naut.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat
used in the Southern United States. Bartlett.
Bunion
(Bun"ion) n. (Med.) Same as Bunyon.
Bunk
(Bunk) n. [Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring. Cf. Bunch.]
1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]
2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.
3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]
Bunk
(Bunk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunking.] To go to bed in a bunk; — sometimes
with in. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.
Bunker
(Bun"ker) n. [Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low chest, serving for a seat. Cf. Bunk,
Bank, Bench.]
1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] Jamieson.
2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
Bunko
(Bun"ko) n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. Bank (in the commercial
sense).] A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery. [Written also
bunco.]
Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]
Bunkum
(Bun"kum) n. See Buncombe.
Bunn
(Bunn) n. See Bun.
Bunnian
(Bun"nian) n. See Bunyon.
Bunny
(Bun"ny) n. (Mining) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from
it.
