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blooper

[ bloo-per ]

noun

  1. Informal. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, as one spoken live over a radio or television broadcast or one recorded during the filming of a movie, television show, etc.:

    At the end of each season, the cast gathers to watch all the hilarious bloopers that were edited out along the way.

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  2. Radio. a receiving set that generates from its antenna radio-frequency signals that interfere with other nearby receivers.
  3. Baseball.
    1. Also called bloop, looper, Texas leaguer. a fly ball that carries just beyond the infield, where it is out of catching range for both the infielders and the outfielders, resulting in a hit for the batter.
    2. Also blooper ball []. a pitched ball that travels in a high arc before deceptively dropping into the strike zone.


blooper

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noun

  1. informal.
    a blunder; bloomer; stupid mistake
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blooper1

First recorded in 1925–30; bloop + -er 1, originally in reference to a radio receiver that emits bloops
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blooper1

C20: from bloop (imitative of an embarrassing sound) + -er 1
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When we were out last time, I made a great big blooper on the guitar while I was doing my famous intro to “Crazy on You†— totally train-wrecked it.

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But the Wayanses are having an evident good time working together, as underscored by the bloopers that run under the closing credits — and what more do you want from them, really?

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I’ve seen pieces of the show, and discovered that the parts that really bring me back are the blooper reels.

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For MIT engineers, the lunar bloopers also highlight an opportunity to innovate.

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Its fraternal spirit reminded me of the blooper reels you’d see at the end of the Burt Reynolds movies made by director Hal Needham who, yes, began his career as a stunt double.

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