bloop
/bluːp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.43 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.
verb
To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce.
Transitive verb
noun
The sound of a fish blowing air bubbles in water.
Example Sentences
- "The ducks quack, The birds chirp, The fish bloop."
- "Optical track can be blooped by using blooping tape, which is available from motion picture equipment dealers."
- "Slowly exhale using short, quick bursts through the mouth, making 'bloop' sounds to mimic a fish each time."
- "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."
- "The robot produced a series of beeps and bloops before giving its answer to the problem."