flub

¹flub

verb \ˈfləb\

flubbedflub·bing

Definition of FLUB

transitive verb

: to make a mess of : botch <flubbed my lines>

intransitive verb

: blunder

Examples of FLUB

1. The ball went right to him but he flubbed the catch.
2. The actress flubbed several lines.

Origin of FLUB

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1904

Related to FLUB

Synonyms: blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, bugger (up), bumble, bungle, butcher, dub, botch, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up

Related Words: blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle; blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate; destroy, wreck; mishandle, mismanage

Near Antonyms: ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy; doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp

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Rhymes with FLUB

bub, blub, chub, club, cub, drub, dub, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, schlub, scrub, shrub, slub, snub, stub, sub, tub