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Definition of flub verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

flub

verb
 
/flʌb/
 
/flʌb/
[transitive, intransitive] (North American English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they flub
 
/flʌb/
 
/flʌb/
he / she / it flubs
 
/flʌbz/
 
/flʌbz/
past simple flubbed
 
/flʌbd/
 
/flʌbd/
past participle flubbed
 
/flʌbd/
 
/flʌbd/
-ing form flubbing
 
/ˈflʌbɪŋ/
 
/ˈflʌbɪŋ/
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  1. flub (something) to do something badly or make a mistake synonym fluff, bungle
    • She flubbed the first line of the song.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFlub is used with these nouns as the object:
    • line
    See full entry
    Word Origin1920s: of unknown origin.
See flub in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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