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Definition: Flub |
FlubNoun1. An embarrassing mistake. Verb1. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | FLUB |
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Synonyms: FlubSynonyms: bloomer (n), blooper (n), blunder (n), boner (n), boo-boo (n), botch (n), bungle (n), foul-up (n), fuckup (n), ball up (v), blow (v), bobble (v), bollix (v), bollix up (v), bollocks (v), bollocks up (v), botch up (v), bumble (v), fluff (v), foul up (v), fuck up (v), fumble (v), louse up (v), mess up (v), mishandle (v), muck up (v), muff (v), screw up (v), spoil (v). (additional references) |
| Domain | Title |
Theater & Movies | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flub | 4 |
dub flub | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flub"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | katranosje (fluff), gabim (balk, baulk, boob, delinquency, delusion, error, fallacy, false step, fault, frailty, gaffe, lapse, Lapsus, misdoing, Miss, misstep, mistake, slip, slip up, trip). (various references) | |
German | Pfusch (bad job, botch, botch-up). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hülyeséget mond (to flub, to flub up), ballépés (amiss, flub-up, trip), baklövést követ el (to flub, to flub up, to slip up), baklövés (bad break, balk, blunder, blundering, Boner, break, crack, flub-up, goof, howler, slip up, slip-up, stumble, trip), bakizik (to flub, to flub up, to slip up). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ubflay.(various references) | |
Spanish | chapuza (odd job). (various references) | |
Turkish | falso (blunder, discord, error, false note), pot kırmak (blunder, drop a brick, drop a clanger, goof, make a blunder, make a boner, make a faux pas, speak out of turn), gaf yapmak (blunder, disgrace oneself, drop a clanger, goof, make a blunder, make a faux pas), gaf (atrocity, bloomer, blunder, Boner, break, bull, clanger, contretemps, faux pas, gaff, gaffe, goof, howler, slip, slip of the tongue, slip up). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flub": flubbed, flubber, flubbers, flubbing, flubdub, flubdubs, flubs. (additional references) | |
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"Flub" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flb, fleb, flib, flibi, flob, flua, flubb, fluby, fluc, flud, fluf, flug, fluj, flum, flun, fluo, flup, fluq, flur, flus, flut, Fpu, fulb, klub, lub, lubb. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-f-l-u" | |
-1 letter: flu, fub. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-f-l-u" | |
+1 letter: bluff, flubs. | |
+2 letters: bagful, befoul, begulf, bluffs, boxful, fibula, fumble, sobful, tubful. | |
+3 letters: bagfuls, bagsful, baleful, baneful, bashful, befouls, begulfs, bluefin, bluffed, bluffer, bluffly, boatful, bookful, bowlful, boxfuls, brimful, buffalo, fabliau, fabular, fibulae, fibular, fibulas, flubbed, flubber, flubdub, fumbled, fumbler, fumbles, fusible, fusibly, subfile, tubfuls. | |
+4 letters: basinful, befouled, befouler, befuddle, begulfed, bellyful, blameful, blissful, bluefins, bluefish, bluffers, bluffest, bluffing, blushful, boastful, boatfuls, bookfuls, bowlfuls, brimfull, buffable, buffalos, bullfrog, busulfan, clubfeet, clubfoot, doubtful, fabliaux, fabulist, fabulous, flambeau, flubbers, flubbing, flubdubs, fullback, fumblers, fumbling, fungible, furbelow, furlable, outbluff, outfable, puffball, subfield, subfiles, subfloor, subfluid, surfable, tableful, unbelief. | |
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