Etymology

bauchle

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Today it means: To misuse, to bungle. Full definition →

Old French bafouer
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The story

  1. Old French · derived frombafouer“to hoodwink”
  2. English todaybauchle

From Scots, probably related to Old French bafouer (“to hoodwink”).

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