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How to pronounce flub in English?

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Type Words
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
Type of fail, go wrong, miscarry
Type Words
Synonyms bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall
Type of mistake, fault, error
Has types faux pas, fluff, fumble, gaffe, gaucherie, howler, misstep, muff, slip, snafu, solecism, spectacle, stumble, trip, trip-up, bobble, bull, clanger

Examples of flub

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Chalk it up to the perils of live TV, and Buck is having some fun with the flub.
From the stltoday.com
If nothing else, watch as I flub my way through the first part of the interview.
From the techcrunch.com
They will snicker as professional actors flub a three-line introductory speech.
From the time.com
She's made the odd flub or three, including muddling up her revolutionary history.
From the economist.com
It's OK to flub the words to a popular song when we're alone in the shower or car.
From the sltrib.com
So many traps to fall into, so many mistakes to make, so many ways to flub up.
From the independent.co.uk
Reasoner atoned for his earlier flub with the lone goal of the second period.
From the washingtontimes.com
Being off on measurements for granite countertops also can be a costly flub.
From the kansas.com
It seems Nixon's fatal flub was in failing to recognize the power of the visual image.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Blunder: an embarrassing mistake
  • Botch: 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"
  • A mistake, an error, especially in performance; to goof, fumble, or err; especially to execute or perform poorly
  • To hit the ball only a few feet.
  • A poorly hit shot usually caused by hitting the ground before the ball
  • A shot that is too weak to register on conventional scorekeeping equipment.
  • Lingo for a weak shot.