Pronunciations
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/bluːp/
Verb
To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.
Usage- especially
- onomatopoeic
- of a fish
- Examples
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The ducks quack, The birds chirp, The fish bloop.
To make a hit just beyond the infield.
To produce a low-pitched beeping sound.
Usage- Informal
To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce.
Usage- Transitive
- Examples
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Optical track can be blooped by using blooping tape, which is available from motion picture equipment dealers.
Noun
The sound of a fish blowing air bubbles in water.
Usage- onomatopoeic
- Examples
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Slowly exhale using short, quick bursts through the mouth, making 'bloop' sounds to mimic a fish each time.
The sound of something, especially a fish, sloshing about in water.
Usage- onomatopoeic
- Examples
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A loud bloop bloop from the fish tank made me jump, the three-year-old Reader’s Digest almost slipping from my grip.
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.
A low-pitched beeping sound.
Usage- Informal
- Examples
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The robot produced a series of beeps and bloops before giving its answer to the problem.
A fiendish yell then followed / Ev'ry salvo's 'bang' and 'bloop'.
Synonym of blooper.
Usage- Slang