bloop

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Imitative.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bluːp/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːp

Verb[edit]

bloop (third-person singular simple present bloops, present participle blooping, simple past and past participle blooped)

  1. (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[1], Altona, Manitoba: FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 13:
      The ducks quack,
      The birds chirp,
      The fish bloop.
  2. (baseball) To make a hit just beyond the infield.
  3. (informal) To produce a low-pitched beeping sound.
  4. (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.

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Noun[edit]

bloop (plural bloops)

  1. (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[2], London: Singing Dragon, →ISBN, page 51:
      Slowly exhale using short, quick bursts through the mouth, making 'bloop' sounds to mimic a fish each time.
  2. (onomatopoeia) The sound of something, especially a fish, sloshing about in water.
    • 2021 March 30, Elizabeth Penney, Bodies and Bows[3], 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[4], 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.
  3. (informal) A low-pitched beeping sound.
    • 1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 39:
      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.
  4. (slang, baseball) Synonym of blooper