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PRONUNCIATION OF FLUBBING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLUBBING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flubbing is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flubbing in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLUBBING

PRESENT

Present
I flub
you flub
he/she/it flubs
we flub
you flub
they flub
Present continuous
I am flubbing
you are flubbing
he/she/it is flubbing
we are flubbing
you are flubbing
they are flubbing
Present perfect
I have flubbed
you have flubbed
he/she/it has flubbed
we have flubbed
you have flubbed
they have flubbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been flubbing
you have been flubbing
he/she/it has been flubbing
we have been flubbing
you have been flubbing
they have been flubbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I flubbed
you flubbed
he/she/it flubbed
we flubbed
you flubbed
they flubbed
Past continuous
I was flubbing
you were flubbing
he/she/it was flubbing
we were flubbing
you were flubbing
they were flubbing
Past perfect
I had flubbed
you had flubbed
he/she/it had flubbed
we had flubbed
you had flubbed
they had flubbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been flubbing
you had been flubbing
he/she/it had been flubbing
we had been flubbing
you had been flubbing
they had been flubbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will flub
you will flub
he/she/it will flub
we will flub
you will flub
they will flub
Future continuous
I will be flubbing
you will be flubbing
he/she/it will be flubbing
we will be flubbing
you will be flubbing
they will be flubbing
Future perfect
I will have flubbed
you will have flubbed
he/she/it will have flubbed
we will have flubbed
you will have flubbed
they will have flubbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been flubbing
you will have been flubbing
he/she/it will have been flubbing
we will have been flubbing
you will have been flubbing
they will have been flubbing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would flubbing
you would flubbing
he/she/it would flubbing
we would flubbing
you would flubbing
they would flubbing
Conditional continuous
I would be flubbing
you would be flubbing
he/she/it would be flubbing
we would be flubbing
you would be flubbing
they would be flubbing
Conditional perfect
I would have flubbing
you would have flubbing
he/she/it would have flubbing
we would have flubbing
you would have flubbing
they would have flubbing
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been flubbing
you would have been flubbing
he/she/it would have been flubbing
we would have been flubbing
you would have been flubbing
they would have been flubbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you flub
we let´s flub
you flub
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to flub
Past participle
flubbed
Present Participle
flubbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLUBBING

flu
flu bug
flu jab
fluate
flub
flubbed
flubber
flubdub
fluctuant
fluctuate
fluctuation
fluctuational
flue
flue brush
flue gas
flue pipe
flue stop
flue-cure
flued
fluellen

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLUBBING

attention-grabbing
back-stabbing
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blabbing
bobbing
clubbing
cribbing
dubbing
grabbing
mobbing
nabbing
nightclubbing
robbing
rubbing
scrubbing
sobbing
stabbing
stubbing
subbing
throbbing
webbing

Synonyms and antonyms of flubbing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flubbing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLUBBING

Find out the translation of flubbing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flubbing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flubbing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

flubbing
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flubbing
570 millions of speakers

English

flubbing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flubbing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

flubbing
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

flubbing
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flubbing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flubbing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flubbing
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flubbing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flubbing
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flubbing
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flubbing
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flubbing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flubbing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flubbing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फडफडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flubbing
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flubbing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flubbing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

flubbing
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flubbing
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flubbing
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flubbing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flubbing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flubbing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flubbing

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUBBING»

The term «flubbing» is normally little used and occupies the 135.726 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUBBING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flubbing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flubbing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flubbing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLUBBING»

Discover the use of flubbing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flubbing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Can't Get Through: Eight Barriers to Communication
Chapter. Two. Flubbing. the. Story. Most conversations include at least one story. Some longer conversations include two dozen or more stories! When you tell someone a story, it's really important to you that the person you are talking to listens ...
Hogan, Kevin
2
New York Magazine
flubbing. the. mechanics. of. his. business. Is. Trisha. Brown. warming. us. up. for. further. surprises? ADVERTISEMENT NEW YORK TENNIS OPEN AT _6> 20 Har -Tru courts. CLASSICISM IN HELL: Baryshnikov and friends in Mosaic and ...
3
The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
The cops are mounted upon iron wires ; they are placed in two rows, one above the other, as shewn in the drawing ; but each row should only contain half as many cops as there are s indles. Each flubbing is conducted t rough a notch in the ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
4
Look Who's Playing First Base
LOOK WHO'S PLAYING FIRST BASE Will Mike stand up to his teammates to defend his friend?
Matt Christopher, 2009
5
Running a Successful Construction Company
Flubbing. It. Because you are the one liable for the results of your company's policies, you have final call as to what they will be. But you can do damage if you hand down policies without taking your crew's and subcontractors' feelings into ...
David Gerstel, 2002
6
Cultural Industries.ca: Making Sense of Canadian Media in ...
"Publishers Are Flubbing the iPad." Editor and Publisher, February 7. http:// wwweditorandpublisher.com/Newsletter/Article/Publishers-Are-Flubbing-The- iPad Newspapers Canada. 2012. www.mewspaperscanadaca Nichols, John, and Robert ...
Ira Wagman, Peter Urquhart, 2012
7
Memoirs of a Hollywood Script Girl
He was so fatuzzled, he could not concentrate on his lines and just kept flubbing and flubbing. He could not hit his marks or do anything right. It reached a point where he was so upset, he could not finish the day and went home complaining he ...
Vera Zirn, 2000
8
The Booker Effect
“I think teenage boys would use 'drubbing' or 'scrubbing,' not 'snubbing' and ' flubbing.' For example, boys who follow sports hear every day about a hockey or a baseball team drubbing another team. It's the language of these clichéd sports  ...
Frederick Manuel, 2010
9
Red Hot Lies
I mean, flubbing with my calm. Flubbing. I looked at my watch. It wastooearly tophone Sam's mom orsisters in California.I called thepolice and was told Samhadn't been arrested and Icould fill out amissingpersons report ifI came to the station.
Laura Caldwell, 2012
10
Here I Am (Mills & Boon Kimani Arabesque) (Wainwright Legacy ...
... given away the punch line. “Daddy,” Clarissa wailed, “please give it up. You're never going to tell a joke without flubbing it.” Fraser winked at his daughter. “I did it once without flubbing it. Ask your mother.” Leona, resting a hand on her chest, ...
Rochelle Alers, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLUBBING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flubbing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Civics fail: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin manages to guess only two …
Expanding upon her comments before the Tulsa Metro Chamber, Fallin decried the state Supreme Court ruling again before flubbing the three ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
2
Orphan Black blooper reel video: Watch Tatiana Maslany | EW.com
... scorpion Pupok as lovable psychopath clone Helena; shaking it out as pro-clone Rachel; and flubbing scientific jargon as brainiac Cosima. «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
3
This Game of Thrones audition reel just made Comic-Con chuckle …
... out their accents and occasionally flubbing their lines. It's a quick, fun treat to enjoy while you're waiting for more substantive news to emerge. «The Verge, Jul 15»
4
Review: 'The Gallows' is a decent scary movie set in Beatrice High …
Flubbing his lines and a stiff on stage, he appears to be leading the production to a disaster. So his obnoxious buddy Ryan hatches a plan. «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
5
WashPost Rehires Dave Weigel for Campaign Coverage, Fired In …
... an amoral shut-in like Drudge maintains the influence he does on the news cycle while gay-baiting, lying, and flubbing facts to this degree.”… «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
6
Has the Sanders Factor Flushed Out Hillary?
... if she does prove unable to answer questions without flubbing or fibbing as she has so frequently in the past two years, the former first lady ... «Commentary Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Grateful Dead end long, strange trip in Chicago
... and they will be the first to admit that they have played sub-par sets throughout their career, most famously flubbing a set at Woodstock during ... «CNN, Jul 15»
8
Mannequin medicine to train young doctors
Adding life to years and years to life; 'Kanye West flubbing the lines of Bohemian Rhapsody at Glastonbury showed that mainstream pop ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Tanya Sweeney: 'Basic bitches' and an anodyne pop culture
... heavyweight afforded so much for seemingly delivering so little: one look at Kanye West flubbing the lines of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Carlson: Improving your short game
Nothing is more frustrating than being near the green in two and then flubbing our shot onto the green. Terms such as "chunk it," "skull it," "fat it," ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»

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