blooper

[ bloo-per ]

/ ˈblu pər /

Informal. an embarrassing mistake, as one spoken over the radio or TV.

Radio. a receiving set that generates from its antenna radio-frequency signals that interfere with other nearby receivers.

Also bloop. Baseball.

Origin of blooper

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

1 error, blunder, slip, gaffe, goof.

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

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blooper

/ (ˈbluːpə) /

informal, mainly US and Canadian a blunder; bloomer; stupid mistake

C20: from bloop (imitative of an embarrassing sound) + -er 1