bloop

present singular third person bloops · participle present blooping · participle past blooped · past blooped

1. especiallyonomatopoeicTo blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.

   The ducks quack, The birds chirp, The fish bloop.

   2020, Alex K. Bishop, “The Man, a Bench in the Park”, in Nothing Important: Allegorical poems in the pursuit of meaning, Altona, Manitoba: FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 13

2. ball gamesTo make a hit just beyond the infield.
3. informalTo produce a low-pitched beeping sound.
4. transitivebroadcastingTo cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce.

   Optical track can be blooped by using blooping tape, which is available from motion picture equipment dealers.

   1979, John Mercer, An Introduction to Cinematography, page 96

plural bloops

1. onomatopoeicThe sound of a fish blowing air bubbles in water.

   Slowly exhale using short, quick bursts through the mouth, making 'bloop' sounds to mimic a fish each time.

   2018 August 21, Nicola Harvey, Mindful Little Yogis: Self-Regulation Tools to Empower Kids with Special Needs to Breathe and Relax, London: Singing Dragon, →ISBN, page 51

2. onomatopoeicThe sound of something, especially a fish, sloshing about in water.

   A loud bloop bloop from the fish tank made me jump, the three-year-old Reader’s Digest almost slipping from my grip.

   2021 March 30, Elizabeth Penney, Bodies and Bows, New York City: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 4

   1 more example

   Still, it’s a good place to stand and try to catch sight of a heron or to be quiet to hear the bloop, bloop of fish surfacing to eat a water bug.

   2021 July 6, Susie Finkbeiner, The Nature of Small Birds: A Novel, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Revell, page 107

3. informalA low-pitched beeping sound.

   The robot produced a series of beeps and bloops before giving its answer to the problem.

   1 more example

   A fiendish yell then followed / Ev'ry salvo's 'bang' and 'bloop'.

   1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 39

4. slangball gamesSynonym of blooper.

   Synonyms: blooper

1. An ultra-low frequency, high-amplitude underwater sound detected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); albeit rumored to be that of a sea monster, the administration concluded the sound was caused by a cryoseism.