blooper

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B0337800 (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.

[bloop + -er.]

blooper

(ˈbluːpə) ninformal chiefly US and Canadian a blunder; bloomer; stupid mistake[C20: from bloop (imitative of an embarrassing sound) + -er¹]

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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blooper - an embarrassing mistake blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomererror, 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 upspectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourselfbull - a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ballfluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless acthowler - a glaring blunderclanger - 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

nounInformal. A stupid, clumsy mistake:blunder, bull, bungle, foozle, fumble, muff, stumble.Informal: boner.Slang: bloomer, goof.

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blooper

1. In broadcast TV, an error that is omitted with a "bleep" or "bloop" sound. I heard there was a bad blooper on tonight's newscast—what happened?2. An error or mistake. Sometimes, especially in film or TV, humorous bloopers are compiled and shown at the end of the program. Uh yeah, hanging up on the boss is usually a blooper. Honestly, the bloopers from that show are funnier than the show itself.3. In baseball, a pitch that is not hit very hard and, as a result, travels just past the infield. Smith hit a blooper just past second base that allowed the runner to score.4. In baseball, a pitch that is thrown poorly, often higher than is desired. And that blooper was ball four, so the batter is headed to first base.

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(ˈblupɚ)1. n. an embarrassing broadcasting error that must be bleeped or blooped out of the program. There is a record you can buy that lets you hear the famous bloopers of the past. 2. n. an error. That was a real blooper. Did you get fired?

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noun a stupid, clumsy mistake

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noun an embarrassing mistake

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