blooper

noun

bloop·​er ˈblü-pər 

1

a

: 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

Instead, the blooper off the bat of St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Nolan Gorman landed in front of Wood before caroming behind him for an RBI double. —Varun Shankar, Washington Post, 7 July 2024

And thank you for the bloopers at the end of the finale. —Jim Halterman, Variety, 1 July 2024

In a blooper reel from the horror-comedy shared exclusively with PEOPLE, the actor — who died in July 2023 at age 25 — makes jokes on set and gets smiles and laughs out of his fellow cast members, including Dan Stevens and Kathryn Newton. —Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024

In a behind-the-scenes blooper reel, Rod cracks even more jokes as he and Liam film. —Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

bloop (an unpleasant sound)

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1a