different between blooper vs bleeper

English

Etymology

bloop +? -er, of US origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?blu?p?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?blup?/
• Rhymes: -u?p?(?)
• Hyphenation: bloop?er

Noun

blooper (plural bloopers)

1. (informal) A blunder, an error.

   Synonyms: boo-boo, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble; see also Thesaurus:error
2. (baseball, slang) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders. [19th c.]

   Synonyms: banjo hit, flare, Texas leaguer
3. (film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.
4. (nautical) A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker.
5. (US, dated) A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly). [from 1926]
6. (US, military, slang) The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).

Derived terms

• blooper reel

Translations

See also

• (filmed or videotaped outtake): gag reel (“compilation of outtakes”)

References

Further reading

• blooper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• blooper (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• spanker (sail) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• probole

Spanish

Noun

blooper m (plural bloopers)

1. blooper

English

Etymology

bleep +? -er

Noun

bleeper (plural bleepers)

1. Something or someone that bleeps.
2. An electronic device that makes a bleeping sound to obscure certain words, used to censor spoken dialogue.

Synonyms

• beeper