Definitions for blooper

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blooper bloop·er

Spelling: [bloo-per]

IPA: /ˈblu pər/

Blooper is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in blooper (beloopr).

Definitions for blooper

noun

1. Informal. an embarrassing mistake, as one spoken over the radio or TV.
2. Radio. a receiving set that generates from its antenna radio-frequency signals that interfere with other nearby receivers.
3. Also, bloop. Baseball. Also called looper. a fly ball that carries just beyond the infield. a pitched ball with backspin, describing a high arc in flight.

Origin of blooper

1925-30; bloop + -er¹, orig. in reference to a radio receiver that emits bloops

Examples for blooper

Palin-Tebow blooper and parody videos are as inextricable from YouTube as salmon is from Alaskan streams.

No one was harmed during the filming, but judging by the blooper reel at the end, there were a lot of respawns.