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bloop·er
(blo͞o′pər)n.
1. Informal A clumsy mistake, especially one made in public; a faux pas.
2. Baseball
a. A weakly hit ball that carries just beyond the infield.
b. A high pitch that is lobbed to the batter.
3. An outtake in which a member of the cast or crew for a movie, television show, or other filmed production makes a mistake, usually in an amusing way.
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blooper
(ˈbluːpə)n
informal chiefly US and Canadian a blunder; bloomer; stupid mistake
[C20: from bloop (imitative of an embarrassing sound) + -er1]
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bloop•er
(ˈblu pər)n.
1. an embarrassing mistake.
2. Baseball.
a. a fly ball that carries just beyond the infield.
b. a pitched ball with backspin, describing a high arc in flight.
[1925–30]
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| Noun | 1. |  blooper - an embarrassing mistake error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out" snafu - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up spectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself bull - a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) howler - a glaring blunder clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger" |
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blooper
n (US inf) → Schnitzer m (inf)
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