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flub

noun verb

an embarrassing mistake

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
F
Ends with
B
Contains
LU
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

flʌb

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. an embarrassing mistake

verb

  1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin

    “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”

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Example Sentences

I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

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