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про́мах — meaning in English

promakh

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English meaning

  • blunder noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
  • fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  • fluff noun Light, soft, fuzzy material such as fur, feathers, or lint.
  • gaffe noun An embarrassing mistake made in public, especially something tactless said in front of the wrong people.
  • miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
  • stumble verb To trip or lose one’s balance while walking.

Senses

про́мах is used for these senses in English:

  • blunder A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
  • fault A mistake or error.
  • fluff (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
  • gaffe A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
  • miss A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
  • stumble An error or blunder.

blunder — full definition

  1. noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
  2. verb To make a careless, serious mistake.

fault — full definition

  1. noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or shortcoming in a person, object, or system.
  3. noun (geology) A fracture in rock along which the two sides have shifted relative to each other.
  4. verb To find something wrong with, or blame, someone or something.

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