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blooper

Syllabification: (bloop·er)
Pronunciation: /ˈblo͞opər/
Definition of blooper

noun

informal, chiefly North American
  • 1an 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 + -er1

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