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loop⋅er

  [loo-per]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
2. a measuringworm.
3. the thread holder in a sewing machine using two threads.
4. Baseball. blooper (def. 3a).
Origin:
1725–35; loop 1 + -er 1
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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.

meas⋅ur⋅ing⋅worm

  [mezh-er-ing-wurm]
–noun
the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
Also, measuring worm.
Also called inchworm, looper, spanworm.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; measuring + worm
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loop·er   (lōō'pər)   
n.  

  1. One that makes loops.

  2. See measuring worm.

meas·ur·ing worm   (mězh'ə-rĭng)
n.  A geometrid caterpillar that moves in alternate contractions and expansions suggestive of measuring. Also called inchworm, looper, spanworm.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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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