bung russian
вту́лка
hub
bushing, bush, bearing bush
sleeve, liner, socket
plug, bung
пыж
wad, wadding
plug, bung, stopper
empty grain, blind seed
wooden stick (in a throwing game)
шля́па
hat
duffer, bungler
сапо́жник
shoemaker, boot-maker, bungler
наваля́ть
to beat up, to thrash, to give a beating
to botch, to bungle, to dash off carelessly
to pile up, to heap up, to dump (a load of)
to felt (make by felting), to full (wool)
запоро́ть
to screw up, to bungle, to botch
to beat to death, to flog to death
растя́па
muddler, blunderer, dunderhead, bungler
бунгало
bungalow
прошля́пить
to miss, to bungle, to mess up, to blow
порта́чить
to bungle, to tinker
запа́рывать
to screw up, to bungle, to botch, to ruin
to flog to death, to beat to death
кропа́ть
to scribble, to botch, to bungle, to cobble together
to sew, to mend, to patch
пачкотня́
scribbling, scrawl, daub, smearing
bungling, botched work, hack work
бракоде́л
bungler, slipshod worker
головотя́пство
bungling
головотя́п
bungler, muddler
напоро́ть
to unstitch (a quantity), to rip open, to undo (seams)
to talk (nonsense), to babble, to spout
to bungle, to botch up, to blunder
to tear, to cut (on something sharp), to gash
порта́ч
bungler, tinker
кошкода́в
cat-strangler, cat-killer, cat torturer
bad musician (especially violinist), bungler, klutz
куста́рничество
amateurishness, bungling, botched work, dilettantism
handicraft, cottage industry, home-based craft work
самоде́льщина
bungle
прошля́пивший
having missed, having bungled, having let slip, having lost out on
прошля́пленный
missed, bungled, fumbled, messed up
порта́чащий
bungling, botching, sloppy, unskillful
порта́чивший
bungling, botching, spoiling, messing up
Examples
Начальник назвал его настоящим бракоделом.
The supervisor called him a real bungler.
Начальник назвал его настоящим головотяпом.
The boss called him a real bungler.
Не зови портача чинить холодильник.
Don't ask that bungler to fix the refrigerator.



















