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flub
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flub  (flb) 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 n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.flubflub - an embarrassing mistake              
error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"
snafu - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
spectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
bull - a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ball
fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act
howler - a glaring blunder
clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"
misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
Verb1.flub - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
Translations
flub (US inf)
vtverpfuschen, verpatzen (both inf)
vipfuschen, stümpern (both inf)
nSchnitzer m (inf), → grober Fehler


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The Bush administration, having flubbed the emergency efforts, is now being called upon to deal with the complicated issue of a large mass of dislocated people.
In keeping with Perkins's almost Zen-like tone, such flubbed opportunities are viewed as unfortunate but not tragic.
Because she flubbed and didn't follow the agency's arcane rules.
 
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