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bloop

  [bloop] Informal.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to ruin; botch: to bloop an easy catch.
2. to hit a blooper in baseball.
–noun
3. a clumsy mistake.
4. blooper (def. 3).
Origin:
1925–30; earlier, a high-pitched sound produced by interference in a radio signal; expressive coinage

bloop⋅er

  [bloo-per]
–noun
1. Informal. an embarrassing mistake, as one spoken over the radio or TV.
2. Radio. a receiving set that generates from its antenna radio-frequency signals that interfere with other nearby receivers.
3. Also, bloop. Baseball.
a. Also called looper. a fly ball that carries just beyond the infield.
b. a pitched ball with backspin, describing a high arc in flight.
Origin:
1925–30; bloop + -er 1 , orig. in reference to a radio receiver that emits bloops

Synonyms:
1. error, blunder, slip, gaffe, goof.
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bloop   (blōōp)   
n.  A blooper.
tr.v.   blooped, bloop·ing, bloops
To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield.
adj.  Hit just beyond the infield.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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