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flub

  [fluhb] verb, flubbed, flub⋅bing, noun
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–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.
Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; orig. uncert.
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flub   (flŭb)   
tr.v.   flubbed, flub·bing, flubs
To botch; bungle.
n.  The act or an instance of botching or bungling: "Their literature leans toward a comedy of small social flubs and withered chastity" (James Wolcott).

[Origin unknown.]
flub'ber n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
flub (up)

  1. n.
    and flub-up. an error; a blunder. : Who is responsible for this flub-up?
  2. in.
    to mess up; to foul up. : You are flubbing up again, aren't you?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

flub 
1924, Amer.Eng., perhaps influenced by fluff, flop, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

FLUB language
The abstract machine for bootstrapping STAGE2.
[Mentioned in Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. van der Poel, N-H 1974, p. 271].
(1995-03-13)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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