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bloop·er

(blo͞o′pər)

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.

[bloop + -er.]

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blooper

(ˈbluːpə)

informal chiefly US and Canadian a blunder; bloomer; stupid mistake

[C20: from bloop (imitative of an embarrassing sound) + -er¹]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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

blooper - an embarrassing mistake

blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer

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"

fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ball

fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act

howler - a glaring blunder

clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"

misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

blooper

noun

Informal. A stupid, clumsy mistake:

blunder, bull, bungle, foozle, fumble, muff, stumble.

Informal: boner.

Slang: bloomer, goof.

Translations

Stilblüte

mokavirhe

bévue

baki

blooper

[ˈbluːpə^r] n (mainly US) → gaffe f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blooper

n (US inf) → Schnitzer m (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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