flubdub
flubdub noun: a buffoon.
Noun
flubdub (countable and uncountable, plural flubdubs)
- A buffoon.
- I told Mr. Perkins I wasn't a-going to, an' he— I think he is a flubdub anyway."1897, Owen Wister, Lin McLean
- Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan— / The flubdub courted a catamaran / But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare— / The flubdub wedded the big blue bear!1911, Eugene Field, The Holy Cross and Other Tales
- Trivial matters; nonsense.
- I have no mission or message or any flubdub of that kind.1912, Samuel G. Blythe, The Fun of Getting Thin
- Only they sent the father to the Senate and gave him columns of flubdub and laid him out in state when he died—and they poured kerosene upon the son and burned him alive.1915, James Branch Cabell, The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck
Forms of flubdub
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Words formed from flubdub
Questions about flubdub
- What does flubdub mean?
- Flubdub means a buffoon.
- What part of speech is flubdub?
- Flubdub is a noun.
- What is the plural of flubdub?
- The plural of flubdub is flubdubs.
Words near flubdub in the dictionary
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