to flub
2
6.8
- verb
- /flʌb/
- Informal
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- I am clenching my fists, praying that David doesn't look up, see Jack, and flub the audition.
- flub a line
So if you do fail and flub up, don't completely give up.
- So if you do fail and flub up, don't completely give up.
- One where Becky Barrack who is a rock star flubbed a little bit and kept going.
- And then Baze, Alex Baze, our head writer, sometimes he is aware that he is writing for someone who flubs, get some pronunciations wrong.
- Yes, by any metric that is an animal flub on a far grander scale than we flub.
Examples
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If Obama handles the storm well, he will look calm, in control, and very presidential; if he flubs the response, he'll look ineffectual.
Blog text (14) -
You watched him flub the written test.
Blog text (21) -
-Tell me, do you ever flub your lines?
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You're part of what makes this joint special, even when you flub something.
Blog text (12) -
So if you do fail and flub up, don't completely give up.
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All Joey has to do is snag the ball out of the air, but somehow he flubs it.
Fiction book (2002) -
The next day, Ollie shows up seemingly drunk and totally flubs the groundbreaking speech, and turns down the job in his father's company.
Blog text (34) -
He knew how to play to the camera, he didn't flub his lines, and if he did, he knew how to gracefully improvise.
Blog text (14) -
But now, in the hyper-speed politics of the Internet era, the stakes are even higher if a candidate flubs a fact or seems off his game heading down the stretch toward Election Day.
Blog text (16) -
During the school play, he was so nervous that he flubbed his lines and forgot what to say.
Synonyms
641
6.3
To make a mistake that ruins what you are doing
597
2.8
To make a mistake that causes a problem
295
3.0
To forget something by accident
203
9.9
To make a serious mistake that ruins something
80
2.8
To make something less good or enjoyable
63
6.0
To do something badly and spoil the result
27
4.1
To make a small careless mistake
20
4.9
Deal with something badly so it causes problems or damage
19
3.5
To do something clumsily and make a mistake
18
5.4
To move in a clumsy, confused way
17
5.6
To make a silly or careless mistake
16
6.8
To do something clumsily so it causes mistakes
8
6.4
To make a mistake that ruins something because you are careless
5
8.2
To fail to catch or handle something because you are clumsy
5
7.6
To ruin something by making mistakes or doing it badly
4
8.1
To make a mess of a plan or task by doing it badly
2
5.4
To make a mistake especially by forgetting words on stage
2
6.7
Do a job badly and make a mess of it
1
7.9
To do something badly and ruin how it turns out
1
9.9
To do something so badly that it fails
To ruin something by doing it badly
Do a job badly so it does not work
To ruin something by a careless mistake
Antonyms
How Bad
63
6.0
7
4.4
- Informal
2
6.8
37
1.0
- Informal
27
4.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flub as a verb means to make that kind of mistake; think of dropping a line with a soft 'flub' sound, so to flub something is to mess it up through carelessness or nerves.