flub

(flŭb) Informal.
tr.v., flubbed, flub·bing, flubs.
To botch; bungle.

n.
The act or an instance of botching or bungling: "Their literature leans toward a comedy of small social flubs and withered chastity" (James Wolcott).

[Origin unknown.]

flubber flub'ber n.

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verb trans. and intr
verb trans. and intr

1: To botch, bungle. (1924 —) .
TV Times (Brisbane): Sullivan twitches. He mumbles. He flubs (1969). noun

2: Something badly or clumsily done. (1952 —) .

[Origin unknown.]

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See words rhyming with "flub."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - kludre med, lade ryge i vasken, tabe på gulvet
n. - fejl, brøler, fejltrin

Nederlands (Dutch)
knoeiwerk, verknoeien, blunderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (US) faire une gaffe
n. - gaffe, bourde

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pfuscharbeit
v. - pfuschen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) αστοχία, αποτυχία
v. - (καθομ.) διαπράττω φραστική γκάφα, αμολάω κοτσάνα

Italiano (Italian)
pasticcio, pasticciare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - erro (m)
v. - agir de forma ineficiente

Русский (Russian)
промах, ошибка, провалить, потерпеть неудачу

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - estropear, echar a perder
n. - estropicio, fracaso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tabbe, klantskalle
v. - fördärva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
做得不佳, 弄糟, 失策

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 做得不佳, 弄糟
n. - 失策

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 실패하다
n. - 큰 실패

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 失敗する, しくじる
n. - ぶざまな失敗, へま

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غلطه (فعل) يغلط, يفسد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קלקל, עשה עבודה גרועה, עשה עבודה מרושלת‬
n. - ‮מחדל, עבודה גרועה, עשה עבודה מרושלת‬

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