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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

flub·ber, noun

Words nearby flub

flowy, floyd, flq, flra, flu, flub, flubdub, fluctuant, fluctuate, fluctuation, flucytosine

Example sentences from the Web for flubbed

Lumet considered firing Dunaway after she flubbed her way through her dialogue.

Paddy Chayefsky: The Dark Prophet of ‘Network’ News |Tim Teeman |February 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Never mind that the State Department flubbed the Russian word on the button, which translated to “over-loaded.”

Good News! They Hate Me in Russia |Eli Lake |March 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Romney also flubbed this, saying that it is “already illegal in this country to have automatic weapons.”

Obama and Romney Both Failed the Gun Control Question |Adam Winkler |October 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
If Biden had flubbed this the way Obama did, this race might have been done.

Biden Delivers the Needed Shot in the Arm |Michael Tomasky |October 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Bush flubbed on Iraq because “we gave the president the wrong text.”

Speed Read: 8 Revelations From Kurt Eichenwald’s ‘500 Days’ |The Daily Beast |September 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I flubbed my drive, smothered my brassie shot, and heeled my third into the woods.

Torchy As A Pa |Sewell Ford
The Lester-bot lobbed one to Perry-bot, but Perry-bot flubbed the toss.

Makers |Cory Doctorow
Every time his name came up, somebody would say, "Oh, yes; he flubbed the contact on Whatzit."

Naudsonce |H. Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for flubbed

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