flub
Mess it up
Flub means to bungle or botch something, especially a performance or action that should go smoothly: She flubbed her lines during the live broadcast.
As a noun, a flub is the mistake itself—a fumbled catch, a mispronounced word, a missed cue.
The word suggests minor embarrassment rather than serious failure.
Minor foolish error
- gaffeClumsy social error
- blooperEmbarrassing recorded mistake
- bungleFail through clumsiness
- slipupUnintentional minor error
miscue · screwup · howler · clanger · faux pas · boner · mistake · error
Fail through clumsiness
- mangleSeverely damage or distort
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- spoilDamage or overindulge
- mishandleManage incompetently or roughly
mess up · screw up · blow · mismanage · fumble · hash · butcher · wreck
Speak with involuntary repetitions
- stutterInvoluntary speech repetition
- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- misspeakExpress oneself incorrectly
- mispronounceSpeak words incorrectly
tongue-twister · spoonerism · malapropism · slip of the tongue · garble · mumble · fumble · blooper
goof
Minor foolish error
slipup · miscue · screwup · howler · clanger · faux pas · boner · mistake · error · oversight
bungle
Fail through clumsiness
mishandle · mess up · screw up · blow · mismanage · fumble · hash · butcher · wreck · mar
stammer
Speak with involuntary repetitions
- stutterInvoluntary speech repetition
- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- misspeakExpress oneself incorrectly
mispronounce · tongue-twister · spoonerism · malapropism · slip of the tongue · garble · mumble · fumble · blooper · fluff
fumble
Handle with clumsy fingers
dropped ball · bobble · misfield · stumble · trip · butterfingers · choke · freeze · blank · crack
- speech errorsslip of the tongue, mispronunciation, malapropism, malapropisms, spoonerism
- errorserror, mistake, blunder, blunders, fault
- bloopersbloopers, blooper, fail, gag reel, outtakes
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- film bloopersouttake, gag reel, bloopers, goof, corpsing
flubnail
Metal fastener or keratin plate
ace · succeed · triumph · pull off · hit it out of the park
flubperfection
Absence of any fault
precision · accuracy · exactness · correctness · exactitude