[bloo-per] 
| 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.
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| bloop·er (blōō'pər) n.
[From bloop, a high-pitched howl on the radio caused by interference (of imitative origin), and imitative of the sound made by hitting a ball weakly.] |
| Main Entry: | blooper |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See banjo hit |
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