flub

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I do, because I flub guesses all the time.

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Quick take

an embarrassing mistake

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of flub gathered in one view.

noun

an embarrassing mistake

verb

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for flub.

noun

an embarrassing mistake

verb

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"

See also: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, muff, blow, spoil, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollocks

Example sentences

I do, because I flub guesses all the time.

Well, it is not really a flub of this year.

This is the second major flub this year.

Of course, I don't want to flub things, and there are times when I worry about that more than others.

The best promotional tactics will flub on a bleh product that nobody cares about.

They have some great products and the cash to really make a dent, then they completely flub the opportunity.

I'm still scared shitless that I'm going to flub day 1 and I've been cramming and exercising basic knowledge for the past two weeks.

If they continue to flub future post-emergency responses, then I could see the issue.

I think it manages to balance the marketing and charity/cause angles well, which is a balance that's pretty easy to flub.

"So either they didn't ask the question, or they didn't answer it well, or they didn't bother avoiding the problems after they learned it, or they managed to flub it anyway.

"The thing is, I know that I'm perfectly capable of nurturing greater fluency in algorithms, so it seems like a waste to inevitably flub the more demanding portions of algorithm-based interviews.