bloomer

noun

Definition of bloomernext
as in blooper

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Recent Examples of bloomer There are numerous types to choose from, but to fill in for Knock Out roses, select a repeat-bloomer. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 Pairing it with columbine, an early-season bloomer with nectar-rich spurs, ensures your garden has food available from the start. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026 Make this oversized Gap shirt work for you well beyond the night of the concert by pairing it with your favorite denim, capri pants, bloomer shorts, and other everyday staples. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 June 2026 Yes, the mighty lavender—a favorite of humans and pollinators alike—is an all-year bloomer, and its amazing purple flowers will naturally scent your home daily. — Kate Nateras, Architectural Digest, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloomer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloomer
  1. blooper
  2. howler
  3. brick
  4. pratfall
  5. blunder
  6. boob
  7. mistake
  8. inaccuracy
Noun
  • With a runner on second and two outs in the third inning, Edman hit a blooper to the right side of the infield.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • However, Mack followed with a blooper to shallow right on the next pitch.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Definition of blooper
Noun
  • With a goalkeeping howler and a red card, Marcelo Bielsa’s side self-imploded at the end of a bitterly disappointing tournament.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Expect to see monkeys (both howler and white-faced), koatis, and perhaps even a leopard.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2026
Definition of howler
Noun
  • If feasible, the developers agreed to reuse a six-story brick masonry building on 4th Street, dating to the early 1900s, that is no longer used to chill goods.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Only construction waste will be accepted at the landfill such as, brush and rubbish, concrete, brick, rock, wood, paper, plastics, cardboard and roofing shingles and tiles.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Definition of brick
Noun
  • The boat pratfall, the picture frame… That was a hard thing to shoot.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • And in fitting Tomlin style, Pittsburgh let a chance to wrap up the division slip away during a three-hour pratfall in the muck at Cleveland last weekend.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Definition of pratfall
Noun
  • Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
    — Jim Rasenberger, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also fallen foul of Germany’s World Cup elimination by Paraguay, after stumbling into a social media debacle following a communications blunder.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of blunder
Noun
  • In the film, the villain is not the Harvard nerds who initially shun Elle, but the ex-boyfriend who never saw her as anything more than a cardboard cutout of a girl with blonde hair and big boobs.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Margaret left and came back in a new bra, the straps of which could be hooked together into an X across her back to draw her boobs toward the center of her chest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Definition of boob
Noun
  • Despite the full lineup and passionate patriotic crowd in Seattle, Team USA looked uncomfortable from the start, fell behind early, made sloppy mistakes and could not keep up with the Belgians, who move on to face Spain in the quarterfinals.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
  • The scribe carefully inscribed each line with a quill made from a goose feather, while their other hand wielded an erasing knife used to sharpen the quill and scrape away any mistakes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of mistake
Noun
  • Meta has countered that Wynn-Williams violated her agreement and wrote a book filled with inaccuracies.
    — Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • The most important risk is confident inaccuracy.
    — Pukar Hamal, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of inaccuracy

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“Bloomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloomer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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