Misguggle

//mɪsˈɡʌɡəl// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Disturbance; disorder; discord.
Verb
  1. 1
    To spoil by rough or careless handling; handle roughly; rumple; crumple; maul; mangle or disfigure; mar; spoil; bungle. transitive
  2. 2
    To hack; slash; carve. Scotland, transitive

Etymology

From a conflation of mis- + guggle (“to soil, dirty”) and mis- + gruggle (“to disorder, rumple”).

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