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▪ I. bloop, n.|bluːp|
[Echoic.]
1. a. A plopping sound; a howling sound. b. A blooping patch that prevents such a sound (see next).
1931L. Cowan Recording Sound for Motion Pictures 360 Bloop, dull thud emitted in sound reproduction, due to a poorly made Blooping Patch. 1953K. Reisz Technique Film Editing 278 Bloop, small opaque patch over a splice in a positive sound-track designed to smother any intrusive noise which the splice might otherwise produce. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio xii. 219 Sounding like a series of pips, beeps, and bloops.
2. Baseball. Used attrib. of a ball lobbed over the infield so as to come down just beyond their reach, or of a run or runs scored by hitting such a ball (as bloop single, etc.). Cf. bloop v. 2 and blooper 3.
1947San Francisco Examiner 5 July 13/2 His swing enabled Garriott to steal second, from where he scored after bloop singles by Sauer and Barton. 1970Washington Post 30 Sept. d2/4 The latter gave up a bloop two-bagger to Reichardt. 1978Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 4e/3 Babe McBride's ninth-inning bloop double to left scored two runs to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 9–8 exhibition victory over the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday. 1985Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Oct. c2/1 The Dodgers scored one run in the fourth innings on an error, a stolen base and a bloop single by Pedro Guerrero.
▪ II. bloop, v.|bluːp|
[Echoic.]
1. a. intr. To make a howling noise; to operate a radio set in such a way that it emits such a noise. b. trans. To cover a splice on a sound-track with a blooping patch (see quot. 19312). So ˈblooping vbl. n., the process of covering such a splice.
1926Radio Rev. Jan. 23 That neighbor who constantly ‘bloops’ and sends out his cat-calls just at the time all ears are focussed on the umpth symphony of Rubenthoven. 1927People's Pop. Monthly Mar. 281 You can make any type of receiver regenerate or ‘bloop’ to more or less extent. 1931L. Cowan Recording Sound for Motion Pictures 360 Bloop, to prepare a Blooping Patch. Ibid., Blooping Patch, triangular or oval black section introduced over a splice in the positive sound track, to prevent the noise which the splice would otherwise cause. 1934[see blooper 1]. 1936Words Oct. 6/1 Blooping is dying a film splice with ink sprayed from an airgun so that the splice will run through the projectors without making unnecessary noise. 1959W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 80/2 Blooping ink, the ink used to paint a sound track in blooping. 1960O. Skilbeck Film & TV Working Terms 19 Dubbing Tracks printed from an Edited sound negative are often electrically blooped by the Labs. with a device which automatically brings a special fogging light up and then down at joins.
2. Baseball. To score (a run or runs) by hitting the ball just beyond the reach of the infield. Cf. bloop n. 2 and blooper 3.
1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 39/5 Rookie Steve Brye drove in Minnesota's only run, blooping a two-out double to right centre field. 1974Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald 21 Apr. b3/7 The Giants came within a run in the seventh when Dave Rader blooped a double down the left field line. 1979Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. c2/2 Stearns' eighth homer of the season..came after Willie Montanez had blooped a leadoff single to left. |