Nearby Words
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to perform poorly; blunder; bungle: He flubbed the last shot and lost the match.
noun
2.
a blunder.
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Flub
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Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; origin uncertain
1920–25, Americanism; origin uncertain
Related forms
flub·ber, noun
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Word Origin & History
flub
1924, Amer.Eng., perhaps influenced by fluff, flop, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
FLUB definition
languageThe abstract machine for bootstrapping STAGE2.
[Mentioned in Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. van der Poel, N-H 1974, p. 271].
(1995-03-13)
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