flub

[ fluhb ]

/ flʌb /

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verb (used with or without object), flubbed, flub·bing.

to perform poorly; blunder; bungle: He flubbed the last shot and lost the match.

noun

a blunder.

Origin of flub

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; origin uncertain

OTHER WORDS FROM flub

flubber, noun

Words nearby flub

Floyd, fl. oz., FLQ, FLRA, flu, flub, flubdub, fluconazole, fluctuant, fluctuate, fluctuation

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Example sentences from the Web for flub

The DHS secretary will likely survive her "the system worked" flub.
Heckuvajob, Napolitano|Reihan Salam|December 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
And all confessed and joined his party, and he was known as the wisest king of the Flub Dubs.
'Charge It'|Irving Bacheller
"I seem to flub everything," I remarked, unaccountably nettled.
I Walked in Arden|Jack Crawford
When a half-grown girl, a half-baked boy, a flub like Mulready—damn his eyes!
The Black Bag|Louis Joseph Vance

British Dictionary definitions for flub

flub

/ (flʌb) informal /

noun

an embarrassing mistake or blunder

verb flubs, flubbing or flubbed

(intr) to blunder or make an embarrassing mistake

Word Origin for flub

C20: of origin unknown

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单词	flub
释义	flub [ fluhb ] / flʌb / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flub ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with or without object), flubbed, flub·bing. to perform poorly; blunder; bungle: He flubbed the last shot and lost the match. noun a blunder. Origin of flub An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; origin uncertain OTHER WORDS FROM flub flubber, noun Words nearby flub Floyd, fl. oz., FLQ, FLRA, flu, flub, flubdub, fluconazole, fluctuant, fluctuate, fluctuation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flub The DHS secretary will likely survive her "the system worked" flub. Heckuvajob, Napolitano\|Reihan Salam\|December 29, 2009\|DAILY BEAST And all confessed and joined his party, and he was known as the wisest king of the Flub Dubs. 'Charge It'\|Irving Bacheller "I seem to flub everything," I remarked, unaccountably nettled. I Walked in Arden\|Jack Crawford When a half-grown girl, a half-baked boy, a flub like Mulready—damn his eyes! The Black Bag\|Louis Joseph Vance British Dictionary definitions for flub flub / (flʌb) informal / noun an embarrassing mistake or blunder verb flubs, flubbing or flubbed (intr) to blunder or make an embarrassing mistake Word Origin for flub C20: of origin unknown Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flub fluff, err, botch, blunder, muff, error, boner, bungle
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flub

verb (used with or without object), flubbed, flub·bing.

noun

Origin of flub

OTHER WORDS FROM flub

Words nearby flub

Example sentences from the Web for flub

British Dictionary definitions for flub

noun

verb flubs, flubbing or flubbed

Word Origin for flub

Words related to flub