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flub

flub [ flub ]


transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle flubbed, present participle flub·bing, 3rd person present singular flubs)
Definition:
 
mess up something: to blunder or make a mess of something
He flubbed his lines and the audience booed.



noun  (plural flubs)
Definition:
 
1. blunder or gaffe: an embarrassing clumsy mistake

2. blunderer: somebody who makes embarrassing blunders

[Early 20th century. Probably suggestive of clumsiness]

flub·ber noun
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