bloop


bloop

B0337700 (blo͞op) n. 1. A noise made by an electronic device. 2. Baseball A blooper. tr.v. blooped, bloop·ing, bloops Baseball To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield. adj. Hit just beyond the infield.
[Originally imitative of the disruptive sound made by early radio sets when picking up interference from other radio sets in the area . Noun, sense 2, verb, and adjective, from bloop, imitative of the sound made by hitting a ball weakly.]

bloop

(bluːp) vb (tr) (Baseball) to hit a ball softly in the air just beyond the infieldn (Baseball) a ball hit softly just beyond the infield

bloop

(blup)
v.t. 1. Baseball. to hit (a pitched ball) as a blooper. n. 2. blooper (def. 2). [1925–30]