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Synonyms for flub

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

mess up fumble bungle botch

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

bungle, botch, fluff, botch up informal, mess up, fumble, blow, ball up, foul up, bobble, bumble, muck up informal, louse up informal, muff, spoil, bollix, bolix US, mishandle, bodge, bollocks up vulgar slang UK AU NZ, bollocks vulgar UK IE, bollix up slang US, goof up slang

Noun

1. Boo-boo

boo-boo informal, blunder, mistake, blooper, goof, error, boner, trip, bloomer, solecism, pratfall, gaffe, stumble, lapse, faux pas, fuckup vulgar

Other

screw-up, fuck-up

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action.

  2. n. 1

    An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.

Forms

Plural
flubs → boo-boos, blunders, mistakes, bloopers…
Past participle
flubbed
e.g. flubbed → bungled, botched, fluffed, fumbled…

Example sentences

  • fumble Don't fumble with anything during an interview.
  • bungle The company will never recover after that last bungle.
  • botch Tom and Mary hope that they don't botch the job.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
flubrising
fumblerising
bunglesteady
botchrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
trip1, blow1, goof1, muff1
5 letters
error2, spoil1, lapse1, fluff1, boner2, gaffe1, botch1, bodge, bolix
6 letters
fumble2, bumble2, bobble2, bungle2, fuckup, bollix
7 letters
mistake2, stumble2, blunder2, bloomer2, blooper2
8 letters
bollocks2, pratfall2, solecism
9 letters
mishandle3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (error2 = 2 syllables).