bloop

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bloop

(blo͞op)

1. A noise made by an electronic device.

2. Baseball A blooper.

tr.v. blooped, bloop·ing, bloops Baseball

To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield.

adj.

Hit just beyond the infield.

[Originally imitative of the disruptive sound made by early radio sets when picking up interference from other radio sets in the area . Noun, sense 2, verb, and adjective, from bloop, imitative of the sound made by hitting a ball weakly.]

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bloop

(bluːp)

vb (tr)

(Baseball) to hit a ball softly in the air just beyond the infield

(Baseball) a ball hit softly just beyond the infield

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bloop

(blup)
v.t.

1. Baseball. to hit (a pitched ball) as a blooper.

2. blooper (def. 2).

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