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flubbed

/flʌbd/

flubbed is the simple past and past participle of flub.

Meaning of flub

Verb

flub (third-person singular simple present flubs, present participle flubbing, simple past and past participle flubbed)

  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, informal, transitive) To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action.
    • ‘Stage fright? So? What are you babbling ′bout? You′re mad as a snake!’
      ‘Ever since I was a kid. I was in the Christmas Pageant one year and flubbed my line.’
      ‘What was your line?’
      ‘I told you I flubbed it!’ he mouthed these words hysterically.2003, Trevor Pearson, Living Strictly fore! Pleasure, pages 88–89

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Words that rhyme with flubbed

Questions about flubbed

What is flubbed the simple past and past participle of?
Flubbed is the simple past and past participle of flub.
How do you pronounce flubbed?
Flubbed is pronounced /flʌbd/.

Words near flubbed in the dictionary

  1. fluazinam
  2. fluazolate
  3. fluazuron
  4. flub
  5. flub up
  6. flubbed
  7. flubbed up
  8. flubber
  9. flubbers
  10. flubbing
  11. flubbing up

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