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单词 flub
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flub

[ fluhb ]
/ flʌb /
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verb (used with or without object), flubbed, flub·bing.

to perform poorly; blunder; bungle: He flubbed the last shot and lost the match.

noun

a blunder.

Origin of flub

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; origin uncertain

OTHER WORDS FROM flub

flubber, noun

Words nearby flub

Floyd, fl. oz., FLQ, FLRA, flu, flub, flubdub, fluconazole, fluctuant, fluctuate, fluctuation
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Example sentences from the Web for flub

  • The DHS secretary will likely survive her "the system worked" flub.

    Heckuvajob, Napolitano|Reihan Salam|December 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
  • And all confessed and joined his party, and he was known as the wisest king of the Flub Dubs.

    'Charge It'|Irving Bacheller
  • "I seem to flub everything," I remarked, unaccountably nettled.

    I Walked in Arden|Jack Crawford
  • When a half-grown girl, a half-baked boy, a flub like Mulready—damn his eyes!

    The Black Bag|Louis Joseph Vance

British Dictionary definitions for flub

flub
/ (flʌb) informal /

noun

an embarrassing mistake or blunder

verb flubs, flubbing or flubbed

(intr) to blunder or make an embarrassing mistake

Word Origin for flub

C20: of origin unknown
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