flub
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flub
- /flʌb/
- /flʊb/ Ireland, Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌb
Where it comes from
Possibly suggested by fluff and flop. First appeared in the US as a verb c. 1924, and as a noun c. 1953.
noun flubs
- An error; a mistake in the performance of an action. 1962 November 6, Richard Nixon, “Gentlemen, this is my last press conference”, 2008, Rick Perlstein (editor), Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents, page 111, I made a talk on television, a talk in which I made a flub—one of the few that I make, not because I′m so good on television but becau
- A fold of fat.
verb flubs · flubbing · flubbed
- To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action. ‘Stage fright? So? What are you babbling ′bout? You′re mad as a snake!’ ‘Ever since I was a kid. I was in the Christmas Pageant one year and flubbed my line.’ ‘What was your line?’ ‘I told you I flubbed it!’ he mouthed these words hysterically.
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Talk about this word "flub." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flub. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. flub. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flub "flub." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flub.Cite this
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title = {flub},
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