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flub
flub F0202200 (flŭb) Informal tr.v. flubbed, flub·bing, flubs To botch; bungle.n. The act or an instance of botching or bungling: "a comedy of small social flubs" (James Wolcott).
[Origin unknown.]
flub′ber n.flub (flʌb) nan embarrassing mistake or blundervb, flubs, flubbing or flubbed (intr) to blunder or make an embarrassing mistake[C20: of origin unknown]flub (flʌb)
v. flubbed, flub•bing,
n. Informal. v.t., v.i. 1. to botch or bungle: to flub a game. n. 2. a bungle; blunder. [1920–25, Amer.; orig. uncertain] flub
Past participle: flubbed
Gerund: flubbing
| Present |
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| I flub | | you flub | | he/she/it flubs | | we flub | | you flub | | they flub |
| Preterite |
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| I flubbed | | you flubbed | | he/she/it flubbed | | we flubbed | | you flubbed | | they flubbed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am flubbing | | you are flubbing | | he/she/it is flubbing | | we are flubbing | | you are flubbing | | they are flubbing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have flubbed | | you have flubbed | | he/she/it has flubbed | | we have flubbed | | you have flubbed | | they have flubbed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was flubbing | | you were flubbing | | he/she/it was flubbing | | we were flubbing | | you were flubbing | | they were flubbing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had flubbed | | you had flubbed | | he/she/it had flubbed | | we had flubbed | | you had flubbed | | they had flubbed |
| Future |
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| I will flub | | you will flub | | he/she/it will flub | | we will flub | | you will flub | | they will flub |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have flubbed | | you will have flubbed | | he/she/it will have flubbed | | we will have flubbed | | you will have flubbed | | they will have flubbed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be flubbing | | you will be flubbing | | he/she/it will be flubbing | | we will be flubbing | | you will be flubbing | | they will be flubbing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been flubbing | | you have been flubbing | | he/she/it has been flubbing | | we have been flubbing | | you have been flubbing | | they have been flubbing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been flubbing | | you will have been flubbing | | he/she/it will have been flubbing | | we will have been flubbing | | you will have been flubbing | | they will have been flubbing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been flubbing | | you had been flubbing | | he/she/it had been flubbing | | we had been flubbing | | you had been flubbing | | they had been flubbing |
| Conditional |
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| I would flub | | you would flub | | he/she/it would flub | | we would flub | | you would flub | | they would flub |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have flubbed | | you would have flubbed | | he/she/it would have flubbed | | we would have flubbed | | you would have flubbed | | they would have flubbed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  flub - an embarrassing mistake blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomererror, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"snafu - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked upspectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourselfbull - a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ballfluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless acthowler - a glaring blunderclanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" | | Verb | 1. |  flub - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blowgo wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
Translationsflub
flub up1. verb To make a mistake, often an embarrassing one. A noun or pronoun can be used between "flub" and "up." Oh man, I totally flubbed up that intro—I was trying to read the teleprompter, but then I started tripping over my words.2. verb To cause someone to make a mistake. A noun or pronoun can be used between "flub" and "up." Come on, let me try again—the cat running across the street totally flubbed me up that time!3. noun Such a mistake. In this usage, the phrase is often hyphenated. Oh man, this is a colossal flub-up. What am I going to tell the boss?See also: flub, upflub something upto mess something up; to ruin something. I saw you play in the tournament last Friday. You really flubbed it up, if you don't mind me saying so. You really flubbed up the tournament.See also: flub, upflub the dubInf. to fail to do the right thing. Martin is flubbing the dub with the fund-raising campaign. Please don't flub the dub this time.See also: dub, flubflub upto make an error. I flubbed up again!See also: flub, upflub upv.1. To make a mistake, especially out of confusion or ignorance: He tried to tell the joke, but he flubbed up the punch line. She is nervous about giving the toast and will probably flub it up. My taxes were incorrect because my accountant flubbed up. 2. To cause someone or something to blunder: I tried to hold my camera steady for the shot, but all the insects buzzing around flubbed me up. The constant distractions flubbed up the actor.See also: flub, upflub something up tv. to do something incorrectly; to mess up a procedure. Now don’t flub this up. See also: flub, something, upflub the dub tv. to fail to do the right thing. Martin is flubbing the dub with the fund-raising campaign. See also: dub, flubflub (up)1. and flub-up n. an error; a blunder. Who is responsible for this flub-up? 2. in. to mess up; to foul up. You are flubbing up again, aren’t you? See also: flub, upflub verbSee flub upflub-up verbSee flub upflub the dub, toTo loaf or evade duty; also, to bungle or botch. This term dates from the first half of the 1900s and became widely current during World War II. Early on it also was slang for male masturbation, but that sense has not survived. John Hersey used it in G.I. Laughs (1943), “Wanders from barracks to barracks . . . generally flubbing his dub.” And D. Stagg (in Glory Jumpers (1959), “The Air Corps flubbed the dub again and scattered the drop.”See also: flubFLUB
FLUB (language)The abstract machine for bootstrappingSTAGE2.
[Mentioned in Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. vander Poel, N-H 1974, p. 271].MedicalSeefailureflub
Related to flub: insinuating, cavortingSynonyms for flubnoun an embarrassing mistakeSynonyms- blooper
- blunder
- boner
- boo-boo
- botch
- bungle
- foul-up
- fuckup
- pratfall
- bloomer
Related Words- error
- fault
- mistake
- bobble
- snafu
- spectacle
- bull
- fumble
- muff
- fluff
- faux pas
- gaffe
- slip
- solecism
- gaucherie
- howler
- clanger
- misstep
- trip-up
- stumble
- trip
verb make a mess of, destroy or ruinSynonyms- bobble
- bodge
- bollix
- bollix up
- bollocks
- bollocks up
- botch
- botch up
- bumble
- bungle
- fluff
- foul up
- fuck up
- louse up
- mess up
- mishandle
- muck up
- ball up
- spoil
- muff
- screw up
- fumble
- blow
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