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Etymology
Imitative.
Pronunciation
Verb
bloop (third-person singular simple present bloops, present participle blooping, simple past and past participle blooped)
- (onomatopoeia, especially of a fish) To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.
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:
- (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.
1979, John Mercer, An Introduction to Cinematography, page 96:Optical track can be blooped by using blooping tape, which is available from motion picture equipment dealers.
Derived terms
Noun
bloop (plural bloops)
- (onomatopoeia) The sound of a fish blowing air bubbles in water.
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:Slowly exhale using short, quick bursts through the mouth, making 'bloop' sounds to mimic a fish each time.
- (onomatopoeia) The sound of something, especially a fish, sloshing about in water.
2021 March 30, Elizabeth Penney, Bodies and Bows, New York City: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 4:A loud bloop bloop from the fish tank made me jump, the three-year-old Reader’s Digest almost slipping from my grip.
2021 July 6, Susie Finkbeiner, The Nature of Small Birds: A Novel, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Revell, page 107: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.
- (informal) A low-pitched beeping sound.
The robot produced a series of beeps and bloops before giving its answer to the problem.
1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 39:A fiendish yell then followed / Ev'ry salvo's 'bang' and 'bloop'.
- (slang, baseball) Synonym of blooper
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