bloop

bloop |blo͞op blup | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] informal make a mistake: the company admitted it had blooped. • [ with obj. ] Baseball hit a ball weakly or make (a hit ) from a poorly hit fly ball landing just beyond the reach of the infielders. 2 [ no obj. ] chiefly Brit. (of an electronic device ) emit a short low-pitched noise. ▶noun 1 informal a mistake: a typical beginner's bloop. • Baseball another term for blooper ( sense 2 ): [ as modifier ] : a bloop single. 2 chiefly Brit. a short low-pitched noise emitted by an electronic device. DERIVATIVES bloop y adjective ORIGIN 1920s: imitative.

blooper

bloop er |ˈblo͞opər ˈblupər | ▶noun informal 1 an embarrassing error: he poked fun at his own tendency to utter bloopers. • a brief television or radio segment containing a humorous error, often collected with others for broadcast as a group: a selection of bloopers and outtakes from the evening. 2 Baseball a weakly hit fly ball landing just beyond the reach of the infielders: a blooper over the shortstop's head. ORIGIN 1926 (originally denoting a radio that caused others to bloop, i.e., emit a loud howling noise ): from imitative bloop + -er 1 .

bloop

bloop |bluːp |N. Amer. informal ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (of an electronic device ) emit a short low-pitched noise: a fruit machine blooping in the corner. 2 [ no obj. ] make a mistake: the company admitted it had blooped. 3 [ with obj. ] Baseball hit (a ball ) weakly or make (a hit ) that lands just beyond the reach of the infielders. ▶noun 1 a short low-pitched noise emitted by an electronic device. 2 a mistake: a typical beginner's bloop. 3 Baseball another term for blooper ( sense 2 ). DERIVATIVES bloopy adjective ORIGIN 1920s: imitative.

blooper

bloop ¦er |ˈbluːpə | ▶noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. 1 an embarrassing error. 2 Baseball a weakly hit fly ball landing just beyond the reach of the infielders. ORIGIN 1926 (originally US, denoting a radio which caused others to bloop, i.e. emit a loud howling noise ): from imitative bloop + -er 1 .

blooper

blooper Anglicisme pour bévue, gaffe (de tournage ).

blooper

bloop er /blúːpə r /名詞 C 1 ｟米 ｠大失敗, へま, どじ (｟英 ｠bloomer ).2 〘野球 〙テキサスヒット ; 高い山なりの投球 .