Flub

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. 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).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An error; a mistake in the performance an action.
  • v. To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bang; flop.
  • n. Same as foozle, 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • n. an embarrassing mistake
  • Verb Form
    flubbed    flubbing    flubs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    miscarry    fail    go wrong   
    Cross Reference
    flub artist    flub up   
    Variant
    flubbing    flubbed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    undrafted