flubby
US/flʌbi/
flubby adjective: characterized by flubs or mistakes; bungled; botched.
Adjective
flubby (comparative more flubby, superlative most flubby)
- Characterized by flubs or mistakes; bungled; botched.
- […] a flubby speech at somebody's international dinner.1909, The Cosmopolitan, volumes 46-47, page 745
- […] a flubby landing. They left two long greasy skid marks on the concrete before slamming into the curb. They quickly jumped up and lumbered off. The truck's crew was amazed.1997, Jerry Piasecki, Ketchup Power and the Starship Meatloaf, page 111
- Fat; flabby; blubbery.
- […] a flubby sort of mouth that Rabbit associates with the Lubells; neither the Angstroms nor the Springers have bunched-up fat lips like that, like a row of plump berries run together […]1990, John Updike, Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels, page 1078
Forms of flubby
| comparative | more flubby |
|---|---|
| superlative | most flubby |
Origin of flubby
From flub + -y.
Words that rhyme with flubby
Questions about flubby
- What does flubby mean?
- Flubby means characterized by flubs or mistakes; bungled; botched.
- What part of speech is flubby?
- Flubby is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce flubby?
- Flubby is pronounced /flʌbi/ (US).
Words near flubby in the dictionary
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