- an embarrassing or humorous mistake, as one spoken live over a radio or television broadcast or one recorded during the filming of a movie, television show, etc.: At the end of each season, the cast gathers to watch all the hilarious bloopers that were edited out along the way.
- a receiving set that generates from its antenna radio-frequency signals that interfere with other nearby receivers.
- Baseball.
- a fly ball that carries just beyond the infield, where it is out of catching range for both the infielders and the outfielders, resulting in a hit for the batter.
- a pitched ball that travels in a high arc before deceptively dropping into the strike zone.
- a blunder; bloomer; stupid mistake
