flub

noun
🔊/flʌb/
🔊/flʌb/
(North American English, informal)
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  1. a mistake; an act of doing something badly 搞坏;搞糟;犯错误synonym bungle

flub

verb
🔊/flʌb/
🔊/flʌb/
[transitive, intransitive] (North American English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they flub
🔊/flʌb/
🔊/flʌb/
he / she / it flubs
🔊/flʌbz/
🔊/flʌbz/
past simple flubbed
🔊/flʌbd/
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past participle flubbed
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-ing form flubbing
🔊/ˈflʌbɪŋ/
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  1. flub (something) to do something badly or make a mistake搞坏;搞糟;犯错误 synonym fluff, bungle
    • She flubbed the first line of the song.她把第一行歌词唱错了。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFlub is used with these nouns as the object:
    • line
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    Word Origin1920s: of unknown origin.