as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it
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1
as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
added too much flour and flubbed the gravy
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2
as in to stumble
to make a mistake
at some point in your training you're going to flub, so don't let it rattle you
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Recent Examples of flub
Matias Grez, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
The Cuomo campaign’s matching funds flub comes after the ex-gov has in the past few days reeled from back-to-back public snafus.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
Anthony Slater, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Watch the players flub the Wizard of Oz clue above.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Noun
For the Rockets, Jalen Green bounced back from his playoff debut flub in Game 1 with a huge performance to lead his team to tie the best-of-seven series.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
The Cuomo campaign’s matching funds flub comes after the ex-gov has in the past few days reeled from back-to-back public snafus.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
But Curry flubbed an inbounds pass into a bad turnover, and then Green and Butler had a rare defensive miscommunication that gave Keldon Johnson an uncontested layup with 11 seconds left.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Watch the players flub the Wizard of Oz clue above.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flub
Noun
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Maybe teams won’t make the mistake the Avalanche did and move Rantanen too soon.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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On one hand, speed always enables Chinese players to adapt faster and, if necessary, correct mistakes faster.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Verb
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Massey ranged to his left, lost his footing and fumbled the ball.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
20 May 2025
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Gutierrez found the jury was confused by antitrust law elements and fumbled a calculation for damages by mistaking an overcharge with a discount.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2025
Verb
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And then there are those, like Mia, who stumble on their birth families inadvertently.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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No one stumbled into creating a billion dollar company, gingerly broke a world record, or cautiously planned and lived their peak life.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Viewers speculated whether this was a blunder, power play or something else.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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Many of the nation’s biggest military blunders occurred because there wasn’t enough diversity in the armed forces.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Julia snuck some matchstick carrots into the potato mixture, then blew my socks off with a punchy, springy topping of feta, mint, dill, and chives.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
23 May 2025
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That’s just the beginning, though—keep scrolling for more deals sure to blow you away (no pun intended).—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Pulliam saw the coyote emerge from the nearby woods and tried to distract it by throwing rocks, but tripped in the process.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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The novelty of seeing string puppet rockers spin and levitate, often tripping and tumbling in stride to the delight of the audience, never gets old.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Only one major-league third baseman, the San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado, has more errors than Muncy’s eight through his first 49 games of the season.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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The poll of 1,136 Democrats carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2.89 percentage points.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
Verb
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That’s where arrest reports say Doral residents Manuel Lazzaro and Wilson Muñoz Suarez, neither of whom holds a Florida license, botched surgeries last fall.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2025
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The next inning, Simon straight-up botched a grounder from Wade and then threw wildly on attempt to turn a double play on a bouncer from Tatis.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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“Flub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flub. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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