BLOOMER
Dictionary entry overview: What does bloomer mean?
• BLOOMER (noun)
The noun BLOOMER has 2 senses:
1. a flower that blooms in a particular way
2. an embarrassing mistake
Familiarity information: BLOOMER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLOOMER (noun)
Meaning:
A flower that blooms in a particular way
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Context example:
a night bloomer
Hypernyms ("bloomer" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Meaning:
An embarrassing mistake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bungle; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; flub; foul-up; pratfall; fuckup; bloomer
Hypernyms ("bloomer" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bloomer"):
bobble (the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball)
clanger (a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate)
howler (a glaring blunder)
faux pas; gaffe; gaucherie; slip; solecism (a socially awkward or tactless act)
fluff (a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines))
fumble; muff ((sports) dropping the ball)
bull (a serious and ludicrous blunder)
spectacle (a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase 'make a spectacle of' yourself)
snafu (an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up)
misstep; stumble; trip; trip-up (an unintentional but embarrassing blunder)
