Definition of flub - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
- He flubbed the speech and forgot his lines.
Noun
- He made a flub in his speech but quickly recovered.
Expressions with flub
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make a mistake or handle poorly
He flubbed up the presentation with wrong data.
make a mistake while saying memorized words
He flubbed his lines during the school play.
Origin of flub
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Examples of flub in a sentence
She didn't want to flub the delicate negotiation. Her only flub in the performance was forgetting one line. The interview went well despite a minor flub on his first answer.
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- French:gâcher, gaffe, ...
- German:vermasseln, Patzer, ...
- Italian:rovinare, gaffe, ...
- Spanish:estropear, pifia, ...
- Portuguese:estragar, erro, ...
- Chinese:搞砸, 小失误, ...
- Japanese:しくじる, ミス, ...
- Arabic:أَخْطَأَ, هَفْوَة, ...
- Hebrew:לְפַשֵּׁל, פְּלִיטַת פֶּה, ...
- Russian:запороть, ляп, ...
- Ukrainian:запороти, ляп, ...
- Hindi:गड़बड़ करना, छोटी चूक, ...
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