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Flub

verb
1.
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.  Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil.  "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"






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"Flub" Quotes from Famous Books



... it," retorted Sam Hupp. "What's more, millions of other women will be using it in the next few years. This woman," he pointed to the name on the label, "has hit upon the real thing in toilette flub-dub. She's made a little fortune already, and if she don't look out she'll be rich. They've got quite a plant. When she started she used to put the stuff together herself over the kitchen stove. They say it's made of cottage cheese, stirred smooth and tinted ...
— Personality Plus - Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock • Edna Ferber



Words linked to "Flub" :   spectacle, go wrong, faux pas, snafu, gaucherie, slip, stumble, mistake, trip-up, fail, howler, error, clanger, misstep, gaffe, bull, miscarry, solecism, fault, trip



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