flubby

flubby

English

Etymology

From flub +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

flubby (comparative more flubby, superlative most flubby)

  1. (informal) Characterized by flubs or mistakes; bungled; botched.
    • 1909, The Cosmopolitan, volumes 46-47, page 745:
      […] a flubby speech at somebody's international dinner.
    • 1997, Jerry Piasecki, Ketchup Power and the Starship Meatloaf, page 111:
      […] a flubby landing. They left two long greasy skid marks on the concrete before slamming into the curb. They quickly jumped up and lumbered off. The truck's crew was amazed.
  2. (informal) Fat; flabby; blubbery.
    • 1990, John Updike, Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels, page 1078:
      […] a flubby sort of mouth that Rabbit associates with the Lubells; neither the Angstroms nor the Springers have bunched-up fat lips like that, like a row of plump berries run together […]
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