bloop
Americannoun
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a clumsy mistake.
The directions look easy, but I still made one bloop after another.
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a howling sound or high-pitched hum, especially a signal of interference generated through a radio set.
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Baseball. blooper (often used attributively).
That was a perfect bloop single—hit right “where they ain’t!”
verb (used with object)
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to ruin; botch.
They blooped another sales opportunity by pretending to know more about the product than they actually do.
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to make (a howling sound or high-pitched hum), especially as generated through a radio set.
The noises they blooped over the radio were some seriously creepy signals.
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Baseball. to hit a blooper.
He blooped that one into shallow right for a base hit.
Etymology
Origin of bloop
First recorded in 1925–30; originally in reference to a high-pitched sound produced by interference in a radio signal; of expressive origin
Example Sentences
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Half a dozen bands had already rushed to market with recordings of it: Bloop, bleep, bloop, bleep, bloop, bleep, The faucet keeps a-dripping and I can't sleep.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seeping in from the West Coast, a jangling jingle known as Bloop, Bleep* the song of the leaky faucet, was beginning to inundate the nation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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