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bodge
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v 1: 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, muff, 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]
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dislodge
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v 1: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged
the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He
finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who
was buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant:
deposit, lodge, stick, wedge]
2: change place or direction; "Shift one's position" [syn:
shift, dislodge, reposition]
3: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously
occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her
office space" [syn: dislodge, bump]
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dodge
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n 1: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or
evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us
off the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem, dodge]
2: a quick evasive movement
3: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
trickery [syn: dodge, dodging, scheme]
v 1: make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid;
"The child dodged the teacher's blow"
2: move to and fro or from place to place usually in an
irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"
3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
(duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she
skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
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hodgepodge
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n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends,
oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash,
mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry,
omnium-gatherum]
2: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous
ideas [syn: patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble]
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horologe
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n 1: a measuring instrument or device for keeping time [syn:
timepiece, timekeeper, horologe]
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lodge
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n 1: English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and
was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940) [syn: Lodge,
Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge]
2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
"men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
today" [syn: club, social club, society, guild,
gild, lodge, order]
3: small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country
mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
4: a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter [syn:
lodge, hunting lodge]
5: any of various Native American dwellings [syn: lodge,
indian lodge]
6: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn:
hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge]
v 1: be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in
Paris?"
2: put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table";
"stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge,
stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free]
3: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with
murdering his wife" [syn: charge, lodge, file]
4: provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students
this semester" [syn: lodge, accommodate]
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splodge
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n 1: an irregularly shaped spot [syn: blotch, splodge,
splotch]
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raj
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n 1: British dominion over India (1757-1947)
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stodge
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n 1: heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food
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hodge
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podge
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rodge
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demirag
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travelodge
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wodge
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