flub
to perform poorly; blunder; bungle: He flubbed the last shot and lost the match.
a blunder.
Origin of flub
1Other words from flub
- flubber, noun
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How to use flub in a sentence
Like everything else Musk does, his flubs—whether internal or public-facing—are larger-than-life.
It all seems for naught now, though, after the acquisition flub, which may send them back to the drawing board to find another scorer of that caliber this offseason.
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British Dictionary definitions for flub
/ (flʌb) informal /
an embarrassing mistake or blunder
(intr) to blunder or make an embarrassing mistake
Origin of flub
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