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flubbing

/ˈflʌbɪŋ/

flubbing is the present participle and gerund 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 flubbing

Questions about flubbing

What is flubbing the present participle and gerund of?
Flubbing is the present participle and gerund of flub.
How do you pronounce flubbing?
Flubbing is pronounced /ˈflʌbɪŋ/.

Words near flubbing in the dictionary

  1. flub up
  2. flubbed
  3. flubbed up
  4. flubber
  5. flubbers
  6. flubbing
  7. flubbing up
  8. flubby
  9. flubdub
  10. flubdubbery
  11. flubdubs

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