See bloop on Wiktionary
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[
"baseball",
"baseball"
],
[
"blooper",
"blooper#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, baseball) Synonym of blooper"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "blooper"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"baseball",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/bluːp/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-uːp"
}
],
"word": "bloop"
}
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