BLOOPER

blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo

(noun) an embarrassing mistake

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blooper (plural bloopers)

(informal) A blunder, an error.

Synonyms: boo-boo, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, Thesaurus:error

(baseball, slang) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders. [19th c.]

Synonyms: banjo hit, flare, Texas leaguer

(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.

(nautical) A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker.

(US, dated) A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly). [from 1926]

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