Definition of "flub" []

• To botch; bungle. (verb-transitive)
• The act or an instance of botching or bungling: "Their literature leans toward a comedy of small social flubs and withered chastity” ( James Wolcott). (noun)

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• "WooMe says the photo flub is just an honest mistake."
• "The real reason was to erase any doubt about his power, after what some called the flub heard round the world."
• "Ms. Trye says her business partners dismissed the incident as a minor flub, which is one reason why she's since dissolved the partnership and today runs Trye"