flub
pronunciation
How to pronounce flub in British English:
UK [flʌb]
How to pronounce flub in American English:
US [flʌb]
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- Noun:
- an embarrassing mistake
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- Verb:
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Word Origin
- flub (v.)
- "botch, bungle," 1924, American English, of uncertain origin, perhaps suggested by fluff, flop, etc. Related: Flubbed; flubbing. As a noun, by 1952.
Example
- 1. Low-fat diets flub a test .
- 2. Apple ceo steve jobs , who unveiled both products , made a nod to the iphone flub at wednesday 's event .
- 3. Government declared that the bombing of the chinese embassy was unintentional and the result of a targeting flub .
- 4. I didn 't want to be the one who dropped the ball , but I knew that someone would flub up .
- 5. Your work is especially " quiet " , you have achieved to keep away from the blatancy and flub dub .