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)
- 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
- ‘Stage fright? So? What are you babbling ′bout? You′re mad as a snake!’
Phrases with flubbing
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/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flubbing (page history and authors); flub (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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