blooper

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  1. noun Informal A clumsy mistake, especially one made in public; a faux pas.
  2. noun Baseball A weakly hit ball that carries just beyond the infield.
  3. noun Baseball A high pitch that is lobbed to the batter.

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  • With an aluminum bat, you can get jammed and still hit a double in the gap or a blooper. —  Baseball Analysts
  • In terms of revealing deep truths about the corporate media, I'd suggest Santelli's off-kilter tirade, followed by his puffed-up prancing around, and the press corps that cheered him on, told us a helluva lot more abut the press than did Matthews 'split-second "Oh God" utterance. dub Matthews' remark a "blooper," yet Santellli's rant was crowned a "populist" "shot heard around the world?" —  Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire
  • Tragic story, hilarious local-news blooper: Just as the anchor announced, "The possible suspect, Rodney Stanger, seen here ..." viewers 'screens flashed to a mug shot of a hamster carrying a clapperboard, under a title reading, "Cold Case Suspect?" —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • If you think the Jerry Seinfeld-Bill Gates spots were Microsoft's biggest ad blooper, you might have forgotten about the $500 million —  ActiveWin.com Headlines
  • Trying to salvage the verbal blooper, Chez's band mate Kimberley Walsh cut in, saying: —  Sky Showbiz - Latest
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  1. From bloop, a high-pitched howl on the radio caused by interference (of imitative origin), and imitative of the sound made by hitting a ball weakly.
 

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