单词 | blooper |
释义 | blooper /blooh"peuhr/, n. 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. a. Also called looper. a fly ball that carries just beyond the infield. b. a pitched ball with backspin, describing a high arc in flight. [1925-30; BLOOP + -ER1, orig. in reference to a radio receiver that emits bloops] Syn. 1. error, blunder, slip, gaffe, goof. |
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