flub
(informal) An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
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Born ~1924 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Aaa thank you!!! That means so much!! That I didn't flub the timing,, LOL
American healthcare is needing to first accurately diagnose yourself, then putting together a carefully curated presentation to convince a doctor that you actually need help. And if you flub your delivery, you might…
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(informal) An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
1962 November 6, Richard Nixon, “Gentlemen, this is my last press conference”, 2008, Rick Perlstein (editor), Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wFRSat2M0YEC&pg=PA111&dq=%22flub%22%7C%22flu…
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(informal, transitive) To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action.
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(US, Australia, slang) A fold of fat.
: I made a talk on television, a talk in which I made a flub—one of the few that I make, not because I′m so good on television but because I′ve been doing it a long time. I made a flub in which I said I was running for governor of the Un…
“Aaa thank you!!! That means so much!! That I didn't flub the timing,, LOL”
— Bluesky· May 2026“American healthcare is needing to first accurately diagnose yourself, then putting together a carefully curated presentation to convince a doctor that you actually need help. And if you flub your delivery, you might get to die.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- flub up84%
Flub up is an informal slang phrase meaning to make a mistake, botch something, or mess up — to execute something poorly through clumsiness or misjudgement. A variant of 'flub' (to bungle or blunder), the 'up' adds an intensifying particle that is characteristic of American verbal compounds ('mess up,' 'screw up,' 'foul up'). Register is informal and mildly self-deprecating; it describes a mistake without the harshness of 'screw up' and with less profanity than 'fuck up.'
- flub up82%
(slang) To flub; to botch or mess up.
- fluff80%
(informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.