1. [N. Amer, informal] An embarrassing mistake
   "The blooper in scheduling resulted in double-booked meeting rooms";
   - blunder, bloomer [informal], bungle, pratfall [informal], foul-up [informal], flub [N. Amer, informal], botch, boner [N. Amer, informal], boo-boo [informal], boob [Brit, informal], goof [informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal]
    
2. (baseball) a fly ball hit just past the infield
   "The batter's blooper fell between the outfielders for a lucky hit";
   - bloop [N. Amer]
    
3. (baseball) a ball pitched high
   "The pitcher threw a blooper that sailed over the batter's head"

Derived forms: bloopers

Type of: error, fault, mistake

Encyclopedia: Blooper