Past tense of 'bloop'—made a short, hollow sound; or hit a bloop single in baseball.
From 'bloop,' an onomatopoeia imitating the sound a sonar makes or a short popping noise. Bloop entered English in the mid-20th century as both a sound word and baseball slang.
In baseball, a 'bloop hit' is a weak, high fly ball that lands just beyond the infielders—it's the opposite of a power hit, yet players celebrate it just as much because it counts as a hit!
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