BLUNDER
Dictionary entry overview: What does blunder mean?
• BLUNDER (noun)
The noun BLUNDER has 1 sense:
1. an embarrassing mistake
Familiarity information: BLUNDER used as a noun is very rare.
• BLUNDER (verb)
The verb BLUNDER has 3 senses:
1. commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
2. make one's way clumsily or blindly
3. utter impulsively
Familiarity information: BLUNDER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BLUNDER (noun)
Meaning:
An embarrassing mistake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
flub; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; foul-up; pratfall; fuckup; bloomer
Hypernyms ("blunder" 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 "blunder"):
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)
• BLUNDER (verb)
Meaning:
Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
blunder; boob; goof; sin
Context example:
I blundered during the job interview
Hypernyms (to "blunder" is one way to...):
breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Make one's way clumsily or blindly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
blunder; fumble
Context example:
He fumbled towards the door
Hypernyms (to "blunder" is one way to...):
go across; go through; pass (go across or through)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Utter impulsively
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
ejaculate; blunder out; blurt; blurt out; blunder
Context examples:
He blurted out the secret / He blundered his stupid ideas
Hypernyms (to "blunder" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
