blooper
noun
bloop·​er
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Definition of blooper
1a
: a fly ball hit barely beyond a baseball infield
b
: a high baseball pitch lobbed to the batter
2
: an embarrassing public blunder
Examples of blooper in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Cincinnati center fielder Sammy Byrd chased down two long drives to deep center field and Myers made a running catch of Al Todd’s blooper to short left field in the seventh. — Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com, "Top games in Cincinnati Reds history No. 15: First night game at Crosley Field," 29 Aug. 2019 While crime isn’t funny, this Bobcat burglar handed us these bloopers on a silver platter. — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, "Columbus police release video showing clumsy ‘Bobcat’ burglar stumbling through Dollar General," 14 Aug. 2019 Then Kyle Seager got on, and Murphy got to second, when a blooper dropped in between iermaier, who was coming in, in and shortstop Adames, who was going back. — Marc Topkin, orlandosentinel.com, "Rays begin trip with 5-3 victory at Seattle," 10 Aug. 2019 The scene, which appears in a faux blooper reel at the end of the 1999 animated film, is no longer part of new home-entertainment releases, according to several reports. — Nardine Saad, latimes.com, "‘Toy Story 2’ casting-couch outtake is not so funny. So Disney deleted it," 3 July 2019 With Lucas Dunn on first base, Logan Wyatt singled on a blooper to center field. — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville baseball survives in College World Series after Drew Campbell walk-off RBI," 20 June 2019 On her Instagram Stories, Millie herself shared a never-before-seen blooper from the ST3 set that warmed my soul and healed the metaphorical scar tissue on my heart. — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, "Millie Bobby Brown Posts Hilarious "Stranger Things 3" Blooper," 25 July 2019 With Endgame arriving on digital on July 30, and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on Aug. 13, EW has an exclusive look at the film’s blooper reel. — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, "See the Avengers mightily goofing off in exclusive Endgame blooper reel clip," 24 July 2019 Instead, the reel skips immediately to the following blooper. — Rob Picheta, CNN, "Disney cuts 'Toy Story 2' casting couch scene," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blooper.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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blooper
noun
English Language Learners Definition of blooper
US
: an embarrassing mistake usually made in public
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