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blooper

noun
/ˈbluː.pə/UK/ˈblu.pɚ/US

Etymology

From bloop + -er, of US origin.

Definitions

  1. A blunder, an error.

  2. A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.

    • Again the blooper wafted up to the plate. Ted waited and waited and then let loose. The ball rose in a high trajectory and sailed deep into the bullpen for a homer. The fans roared. The slugger had killed the blooper.
    • The blooper, delivered with a shot-put motion, floated in an arc that reached twenty-five feet, then suddenly dropped across home plate in the strike zone.

  3. A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident or mistake.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged…

      A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker.

      • Once the blooper is around the spinnaker, let out the blooper sheet completely (which collapses the blooper), race the blooper sheet forward and reset on the other side.

    2. A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly).

    3. The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA