different between looper vs blooper

English

Etymology

loop +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu?p?(?)/
• Rhymes: -u?p?(?)

Noun

looper (plural loopers)

1. An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
2. A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae.
3. A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.
4. (slang) A golf caddy

Translations

Anagrams

• Pooler, peloro-, pooler

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