Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [fluhb]
- /flʌb/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [fluhb]
- /flʌb/
Definitions of flubbed word
- noun flubbed a blunder. 1
- noun flubbed Simple past tense and past participle of flub. 1
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Origin of flubbed
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1920-25; origin uncertain
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Parts of speech for Flubbed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flubbed 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.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
flubbed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flubbed
adj flubbed
verb flubbed
- bumble — to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way
- bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
- flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
adjective flubbed
- broken — Broken is the past participle of break.
Antonyms for flubbed
adj flubbed
- healthy — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- mended — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- ok — all right; proceeding normally; satisfactory or under control: Things are OK at the moment.
- repaired — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- undamaged — injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
verb flubbed
- do well — be successful
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
- fix — to repair; mend.
- restore — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
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