How to pronounce flub
American English pronunciation
FLUB
- IPA
- /ˈflʌb/
- Syllables
- FLUB (1 syllable)
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What flub means
To mess something up in a clumsy way
In a sentence: Dad flubbed the last line of the song, and everyone burst out laughing.
Where it comes from: It was possibly suggested by the words fluff and flop. It first showed up in the United States as a verb around 1924.
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