English > flub: 2 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | An embarrassing mistake. |
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| Synonyms | blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, botch, boner, boo-boo |
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| Narrower | bobble | The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball |
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| bull | A serious and ludicrous blunder |
| clanger | A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate |
| faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie | A socially awkward or tactless act |
| fluff | A blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) |
| fumble, muff | (sports) dropping the ball |
| howler | A glaring blunder |
| snafu | An acronym often used by soldiers in World War II |
| spectacle | A blunder that makes you look ridiculous |
| trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep | An unintentional but embarrassing blunder |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
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| Spanish | cante |
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| Verbs | flub | make a mess of, destroy or ruin |
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