blooper

[ bloo-per ]

/ ˈblu pər /

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noun

Informal. an embarrassing mistake, as one spoken over the radio or TV.

Radio. a receiving set that generates from its antenna radio-frequency signals that interfere with other nearby receivers.

Also bloop. Baseball.

Also called looper. a fly ball that carries just beyond the infield.
a pitched ball with backspin, describing a high arc in flight.

OTHER WORDS FOR blooper

1 error, blunder, slip, gaffe, goof.

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Origin of blooper

1925–30; bloop + -er¹, originally in reference to a radio receiver that emits bloops

Words nearby blooper

Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Group, Bloomsday, bloomy, bloop, blooper, Bloor, blootered, bloquiste, blossom, blossom-end rot

How to use blooper in a sentence

After a game and a half of utter futility with runners on, Taylor hit a 77-mph blooper to short center that dropped in as two runs scored.
Eddie Rosario is the hero this time as the Braves walk off the Dodgers again in NLCS Game 2|Chelsea Janes|October 18, 2021|Washington Post
The explainer video includes bloopers of Atlas falling flat on its face—not to mention on its head, stomach, and back, as it under-rotates for flips, crosses its feet while running, and miscalculates the distance it needs to cover on jumps.
Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot Crush a New Parkour Course|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|August 18, 2021|Singularity Hub
That group text became the place we’d send each other some unbelievable Spikeball highlight we came across on Instagram, usually followed by a blooper of us made from the night before.
Spikeball Is the Perfect Pandemic Activity|smurguia|August 10, 2021|Outside Online
No one was harmed during the filming, but judging by the blooper reel at the end, there were a lot of respawns.
Viral Video of the Day: Terminator 2, Grand Theft Auto V Style|Alex Chancey|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But the little blooper that resulted made Fallon seem more ingratiating than ever.
Can Jimmy Fallon Be Himself on ‘The Tonight Show’?|Tom Shales|February 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Palin-Tebow blooper and parody videos are as inextricable from YouTube as salmon is from Alaskan streams.
Why Tim Tebow Is the Sarah Palin of Football|Allison Yarrow|January 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But rival Sharron Angle also ran an epically terrible campaign, one that comes with a sidesplitting blooper reel for the DVD.
How Harry Pulled It Off|Steve Friess|November 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The most media-saturated election in history amplified every campaign trail blooper– and there were plenty.
The Best (and Worst) of 2008|The Daily Beast|December 29, 2008|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for blooper

blooper

/ (ˈbluːpə) /

noun

informal, mainly US and Canadian a blunder; bloomer; stupid mistake

Word Origin for blooper

C20: from bloop (imitative of an embarrassing sound) + -er 1

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