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flub

flub
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fluhb]
    • /flʌb/
    • /flʌf/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fluhb]
    • /flʌb/

Definitions of flub word

  • noun flub a blunder. 1
  • noun flub Botch or bungle (something). 1
  • transitive verb flub fail, botch 1
  • noun flub mistake, blunder 1
  • noun Technical meaning of flub (language)   The abstract machine for bootstrapping STAGE2. 1
  • transitive verb flub If you flub something that you are trying to do, you are unsuccessful or you do it badly. 0

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Origin of flub

First appearance:

before 1920
One of the 12% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1920-25; origin uncertain

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Flub

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

flub popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

flub usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for flub

noun flub

  • fluff — light, downy particles, as of cotton.
  • botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
  • blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
  • muff — sheet glass made from a blown cylinder (muff) that is split and flattened.
  • boner — a blunder

verb flub

  • scrabble — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
  • misgovern — to govern or manage badly.
  • goof — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
  • bollix — to make a muddle of; bungle; botch
  • snafued — a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.

Antonyms for flub

noun flub

  • accuracy — The accuracy of information or measurements is their quality of being true or correct, even in small details.
  • correction — Corrections are marks or comments made on a piece of work, especially school work, which indicate where there are mistakes and what are the right answers.

Top questions with flub

  • what is a flub?
  • what is flub?
  • what does flub mean?

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