Definition of "bauchle" in English

verb

1. (Scotland) To misuse, to bungle.

2. (Scotland) To insult, to upbraid, to make a fool of someone.

noun

1. (Scotland, chiefly in the plural) An old shoe.

   • 1842, Laird of Logan, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, issue 481, page 104. We a' ken that there's tongues in heads, but I ne'er heard o' ony in hats or bauchles afore.

2. (Scotland) A fool.

3. (Scotland) A bungled or muddled situation; a mess.