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bloop⋅er

  [bloo-per]
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–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·er   (blōō'pər)   
n.  

  1. Informal A clumsy mistake, especially one made in public; a faux pas.

  2. Baseball

    1. A weakly hit ball that carries just beyond the infield.

    2. A high pitch that is lobbed to the batter.


[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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry:  blooper
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See banjo hit
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Slang Dictionary
blooper [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?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

blooper 
"blunder," 1947, either from Amer.Eng. baseball slang, "a fly ball missed by the fielder" (1937) or "radio receiver that interferes with nearby sets" (1926).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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