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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
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