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11bang something out — informal 1》 play music noisily and unskilfully. 2》 produce something hurriedly or in great quantities. → bang …
12bang — bang1 noun 1》 a sudden loud, sharp noise. ↘a sudden painful blow. 2》 (bangs) N. Amer. a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead. 3》 Computing, chiefly N. Amer. the character ‘!’. verb 1》 strike or put down forcefully and noisily.… …
13hammer something out — laboriously work out the details of a plan or agreement. → hammer hammer something out play a tune on a piano loudly and unskilfully. → hammer …
14hammer — noun 1》 a tool consisting of a heavy metal head mounted at the end of a handle, used for breaking things and driving in nails. ↘an auctioneer s mallet, tapped to indicate a sale. 2》 a part of a mechanism that hits another, e.g. one exploding… …
15plonk — plonk1 informal, chiefly Brit. verb 1》 set down heavily or carelessly. 2》 play unskilfully on a keyboard or stringed musical instrument. noun a sound as of something being set down heavily. Origin C19 (orig. dialect): imitative; cf. plunk. plonk2 …
16strum — verb (strums, strumming, strummed) play (a guitar or similar instrument) by sweeping the thumb or a plectrum up or down the strings. ↘play casually or unskilfully on a stringed instrument. noun an instance or the sound of strumming. Derivatives… …
17unskilful — (also chiefly US unskillful) adjective not having or showing skill. Derivatives unskilfully adverb unskilfulness noun …
18rawly — ad. Unskilfully, in a raw manner …
19botch — I. n. 1. Pustule, blotch, blain, sore. 2. Failure, miscarriage, bad work, bad job, clumsy performance, bungling piece of work. II. v. a. 1. Mend awkwardly, patch clumsily. 2. Put together unskilfully, construct in a bungling manner …
20unskilful — /ʌnˈskɪlfəl/ (say un skilfuhl) adjective not skilful; inexpert; awkward; bungling. Also, US, unskillful. –unskilfully, adverb –unskilfulness, noun …
