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Possibly suggested by fluff and flop. First appeared in the US as a verb c. 1924, and as a noun c. 1953.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
flub
Today it means: An error; a mistake in the performance of an action. Full definition →
Today it means: An error; a mistake in the performance of an action. Full definition →
Possibly suggested by fluff and flop. First appeared in the US as a verb c. 1924, and as a noun c. 1953.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.