· 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"
Synonym(s): botch, bodge, 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
Hypernym(s): fail, go_wrong, miscarry
· walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
Hypernym(s): walk
· speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
Synonym(s): stutter, stammer, falter
Hypernym(s): talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise