flubv.

Brit.

/flʌb/, U.S.

/fləb/

Etymology: Etymology unknown.

U.S. colloquial.

transitive. To botch, bungle. Also intransitive. Hence as n., something badly or clumsily performed; a slip-up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle

botch1530

bungle1530

mumble1588

muddle1605

mash1642

bumble?1719

to fall through ——1726

fuck1776

blunder1805

to make a mull of1821

bitch1823

mess1823

to make a mess of1834

smudge1864

to muck up1875

boss1887

to make balls of1889

duff1890

foozle1892

bollocks1901

fluff1902

to make a muck of1903

bobble1908

to ball up1911

jazz1914

boob1915

to make a hash of1920

muff1922

flub1924

to make a hat of1925

to ass up1932

louse1934

screw1938

blow1943

to foul up1943

eff1945

balls1947

to make a hames of1947

to arse up1951

to fuck up1967

dork1969

sheg1981

bodge1984

1924 P. Marks Plastic Age xii. 122 I have the feeling..that I have flubbed this talk.

1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof iv. 142 The spectacle of a flubber flubbing ahead of us on the fairway inclines to make us flub as well.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §578.18 Play inexpertly [music],..flub.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §711.8 Make a bad shot [golf]..flub.

1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden 495 In my younger days I played tennis... A servant..could pick up his master's flubs at doubles.

1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer iv. 70 They'll bring someone else in for the other job if you flub it.

1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 76 Al watched him flub balls all over the table.

1969 TV Times (Brisbane) 13 Aug. 8/3 Sullivan twitches. He mumbles. He flubs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flub
释义	flubv. Brit. /flʌb/, U.S. /fləb/ Etymology: Etymology unknown. U.S. colloquial. transitive. To botch, bungle. Also intransitive. Hence as n., something badly or clumsily performed; a slip-up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle botch1530 bungle1530 mumble1588 muddle1605 mash1642 bumble?1719 to fall through ——1726 fuck1776 blunder1805 to make a mull of1821 bitch1823 mess1823 to make a mess of1834 smudge1864 to muck up1875 boss1887 to make balls of1889 duff1890 foozle1892 bollocks1901 fluff1902 to make a muck of1903 bobble1908 to ball up1911 jazz1914 boob1915 to make a hash of1920 muff1922 flub1924 to make a hat of1925 to ass up1932 louse1934 screw1938 blow1943 to foul up1943 eff1945 balls1947 to make a hames of1947 to arse up1951 to fuck up1967 dork1969 sheg1981 bodge1984 1924 P. Marks Plastic Age xii. 122 I have the feeling..that I have flubbed this talk. 1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof iv. 142 The spectacle of a flubber flubbing ahead of us on the fairway inclines to make us flub as well. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §578.18 Play inexpertly [music],..flub. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §711.8 Make a bad shot [golf]..flub. 1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden 495 In my younger days I played tennis... A servant..could pick up his master's flubs at doubles. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer iv. 70 They'll bring someone else in for the other job if you flub it. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 76 Al watched him flub balls all over the table. 1969 TV Times (Brisbane) 13 Aug. 8/3 Sullivan twitches. He mumbles. He flubs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1924
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