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bloop verb [ bluːp ]

• (of an electronic device) emit a short low-pitched noise.
• "a fruit machine blooping in the corner"
• make a mistake.
• "the company admitted it had blooped"
• hit (a ball) weakly or make (a hit) that lands just beyond the reach of the infielders.
• "he blooped a single over the fielder in the third inning"

bloop noun

• a short low-pitched noise emitted by an electronic device.
• "a few bleeps and bloops"
• a mistake.
• "a typical beginner's bloop"
• another term for blooper (sense 2).
• "seven hits which were bloops for the most part"
Origin: 1920s: imitative.


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