Bloop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bluːp/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Bloop is a verb meaning (onomatopoeia, especially of a fish) To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.
Meaning
(onomatopoeia, especially of a fish) To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.
More Meanings
- (baseball) To make a hit just beyond the infield.
- (informal) To produce a low-pitched beeping sound.
- (television, transitive) To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce.
- (onomatopoeia) The sound of a fish blowing air bubbles in water.
- (onomatopoeia) The sound of something, especially a fish, sloshing about in water.
- (informal) A low-pitched beeping sound.
- (slang, baseball) Synonym of blooper.
Example Sentences
The ducks quack, The birds chirp, The fish bloop.
A fiendish yell then followed / Ev'ry salvo's 'bang' and 'bloop'.
The robot produced a series of beeps and bloops before giving its answer to the problem.
Slowly exhale using short, quick bursts through the mouth, making 'bloop' sounds to mimic a fish each time.
Word Forms
- bloops
- blooping
- blooped
Synonyms for bloop
Depending on context, synonyms include blooper.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sploosh, splop, slosh, splosh, popple, splish.
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