Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A blooper.
  • transitive verb To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield.
  • adjective Hit just beyond the infield.

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  • verb baseball To make a hit just beyond the infield.

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Examples

  • I remember the word bloop on the slusho website being used often.

    Cloverfield on Yahoo Dennis 2008

  • In Portland, Oregon, there is a food cart called the bloop oatmeal cart

    Eater National 2010

  • Wow, bloop, that is a great story, I wish I had a fantastic find like that. labchick on March 5th 2009 at 12: 43pm view labchick's

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • The Island is obviously moving as well, since we all saw it "bloop" to who knows where last season.

    Jay Glatfelter: On Lost: "Because You Left; The Lie" 2009

  • Look up "bloop" on wikipedia, follow the government links for a sound file.

    Rob's Friends on MySpace? Dennis 2007

  • So pick up your light-guns, and your reassuringly non-ergonomic two-button controllers, and let's take yet another walk down a brightly lit and softly "bloop"ing memory lane.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Greg Tannahill 2006

  • So pick up your light-guns, and your reassuringly non-ergonomic two-button controllers, and let's take yet another walk down a brightly lit and softly "bloop"ing memory lane.

    Games You Should Have Played - 1986 Greg Tannahill 2006

  • A mysterious "bloop" sound recorded repeated on the Equatorial Pacific Ocean autonomous hydrophone array baffled marine biologists.

    Boing Boing: June 16, 2002 - June 22, 2002 Archives 2002

  • During the grueling task of blowing up 100 balloons for your child's birthday, you decide you're going to get a chievo for 100% completion and then make the "bloop" sound when you actually do it.

    Unscripted 360 Pilex 2010

  • Fire Flower: you can shoot fireballs with that "bloop" sound

    The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public 2010

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  • deep sea monster? giant squid? the enigmatic Bloop abides.

    February 14, 2008