flubby

adj — 2 senses

flubby

adj

US /flʌbi/

Etymology From flub + -y.

1

Informal Characterized by flubs or mistakes; bungled; botched.

  • […] a flubby speech at somebody's international dinner.1909, The Cosmopolitan, volumes 46-47, page 745:
  • […] 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.1997, Jerry Piasecki, Ketchup Power and the Starship Meatloaf, page 111:
2

Informal Fat; flabby; blubbery.

  • […] 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 […]1990, John Updike, Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels, page 1078:

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