flub

POS

Noun, Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun flub has 1 sense

flub(n = noun.act) bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall - an embarrassing mistake;

is a kind of error, fault, mistake

has particulars: bobble, snafu, spectacle, bull, fumble, muff, fluff, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism, howler, clanger, misstep, stumble, trip, trip-up

Derived form verb flub₁

Verb flub has 1 sense

flub(v = verb.social) ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry

Derived form noun flub₁

Sample sentences:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY

flub, v. & n. US colloq.
--v.tr. & intr. (flubbed, flubbing) botch; bungle.
--n. something badly or clumsily done.

Etymology

20th c.: orig. unkn.

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THESAURUS

flub

bad job, bevue, bitch, bitch up, blow, blunder, bobble, boggle, bollix, bonehead into it, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, botch, bugger, bugger up, bungle, clumsy performance, drop a brick, error, etourderie, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, gaucherie, goof, goof up, gum up, hash, hash up, louse up, mess, mess up, miscue, mistake, muff, off day, sad work, screw up, slip, stumble, trip