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Definition of flub
flub
noun
- a mistake.
Citation from "Spring Breakout", Arrested Development (TV, 2005), Season 2 Episode 17 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
Last edited on Nov 21 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 21 2010.
verb - transitive
- to make a mistake.
He flubbed the opening to his speech.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Sep 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 03 2010.
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