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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bloop•er /ˈblupɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an embarrassing mistake, such as misspoken words on a broadcast.
- SportBaseball. a fly ball that carries just beyond the infield.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bloop•er (blo̅o̅′pər),USA pronunciation n. - [Informal.]an embarrassing mistake, as one spoken over the radio or TV.
- Radio and Televisiona 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.
- bloop + -er1, origin, originally in reference to a radio receiver that emits bloops 1925–30
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . error, blunder, slip, gaffe, goof.
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