bloomer
Plural: bloomers
Noun
- A plant that blooms; a public blunder.
- a flower that blooms in a particular way
- "a night bloomer"
- an embarrassing mistake
- An ironworker.
- A large or embarrassing mistake; blunder.
- A circular loaf of white bread.
- A blooming flower.
- One who blooms, matures, or develops.
- A reform costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat.
- A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
- Attributive form of bloomers.
Examples
- He made a bloomer by playing a common word on a bonus square for only 10 points in Scrabble.
- She was a late bloomer.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English blomer, from blome (“iron ingot”) (modern English bloom), from Old English blōma.
Synonyms
blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, aberration, barbarism, bloomer, break, clanger, cock-up, erroneity, error, fault, faux pas, floater, fluff, gaffe, goof, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, lapsus, mess-up, misstep, mistake, oopsy, screwup, slip, slip-up, slipup, solecism, stumble, thinko, wrength
Scrabble Score: 11
bloomer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbloomer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bloomer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary