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Definition of Blooper
1. Noun. An embarrassing mistake.
Generic synonyms: Error, Fault, Mistake
Specialized synonyms: Bobble, Snafu, Spectacle, Bull, Fumble, Muff, Fluff, Faux Pas, Gaffe, Gaucherie, Slip, Solecism, Howler, Clanger, Misstep, Stumble, Trip, Trip-up
Derivative terms: Blunder, Botch, Botchy, Bungle, Bungle, Flub, Foul Up, Fuck Up
Definition of Blooper
1. Noun. (informal) An error. ¹
2. Noun. (baseball slang 1800s) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders. ¹
3. Noun. (informal) A film or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing mistake and/or accident during the course of regular filming. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blooper
1. a public blunder [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blooper
Literary usage of Blooper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Role of Natural Gas in Environmental Policy edited by Stephen L. McDonald (1993)
"not to renew its distributorship agreement with blooper at'the expiration of its
term. In its proposed exclusive distributorship agreement with ETC, ..."
2. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"Infatuation with Lamarckism must have played important part in Darwin making his
monumental blooper in his Origin of Species, which embarrassed him so ..."
3. Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger (2002)
""blooper" shows are a low-rent staple of television. And many magazines run
amusing slipups as fillers or as features on the back page. ..."
4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1887)
"... stock of negroes upon it. in consideration of /тип and an annuity of blooper
annum for his life. The breach assigned was the non-payment of the annuity. ..."
5. Memoir of Henry Wilkes, D.D., LL.D. His Life and Times by John Wood (1887)
"At this date I had been more than three and a half years with Mr. Tor- rance, my
apprenticeship being over, and my salary now blooper annum. ..."
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