📖 Definitions of "Blunders"
noun
- 1
A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
- 2
A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
verb
- 1
To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
"to blunder in preparing a medical prescription"
- 2
To move blindly or clumsily.
- 3
To cause to make a mistake.
- 4
To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Blunders"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bloopernoun | (informal) A blunder, an error. |
| bunglenoun | A botched or incompetently handled action or situation; a blunder. |
| botchnoun | An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work. |
| flubnoun | (informal) An error; a mistake in the performance of an action. |
| boo-boonoun | (countable, colloquial, often childish) A mistake or error. |
| foul upverb | (intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To make a mistake, to go wrong. |
| botch upverb | (informal, transitive) To ruin, mess up. |
| muck upverb | (informal, transitive, intransitive) To ruin unintentionally. |
| fumblenoun | (sports, American football, Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident. |
| goofnoun | (US, informal) A mistake or error. |
| trip upverb | (intransitive) To commit an error, make a mistake. |
| louse upverb | (idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder. |
| bollocks upverb | (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) To fail to do correctly; to make a mess of. |
| mess upverb | (transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin. |
| slip upverb | (idiomatic) To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error. |
| bollixnoun | Mess. |
| mishandlenoun | (transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation. |
| foul-upnoun | A disastrous mistake. |
| stumblenoun | A fall, trip or substantial misstep. |
| boobnoun | (colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human. |
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