bloop

/blup/
noun
  1. A low, short, bubbling sound, often made by water or a liquid.
    • I heard a bloop from the aquarium filter.
    • A bloop escaped the bottle as he poured the soda.
    • The fish made a soft bloop as it broke the surface.
  2. In baseball, a weakly hit ball that lands just beyond the infield, often for a hit.
    • That bloop was lucky — it fell between three fielders.
    • He hit a bloop into shallow center field for a single.
    • The shortstop almost caught the bloop, but it dropped in.
  3. A mistake or error, especially in a performance or recording; a blooper.
    • She laughed at her bloop during the live broadcast.
    • The video was full of bloops and outtakes.
    • The editor cut out the bloops from the final show.
verb
  1. To make a low, short, bubbling sound.
    • Water blooped from the pipe into the bucket.
    • The straw blooped when he blew into his drink.
    • The mud blooped as we stepped through it.
  2. In baseball, to hit a weak fly ball that lands just beyond the infield.
    • She blooped a hit that just cleared the infield.
    • The batter blooped the ball into right field.
    • He blooped a single over the second baseman's head.
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