blunder

Noun
  1. An embarrassing mistake (synset 100075610)
    is a type of: error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
    subtypes:
    • bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
    • snafu - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
    • spectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
    • bull - a serious and ludicrous blunder
    • fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ball
    • fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
    • faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism - a socially awkward or tactless act
    • howler - a glaring blunder
    • clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
    • misstep, stumble, trip, trip-up - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
    same as: bloomer, blooper, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall
Verb
  1. Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake (synset 202572142)
    "I blundered during the job interview"
    is a type of: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    same as: boob, drop the ball, goof, sin
  2. Make one's way clumsily or blindly (synset 202055471)
    "He fumbled towards the door"
    is a type of: pass - go across or through
    same as: fumble
  3. Utter impulsively (synset 200983976)
    "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas"
    is a type of: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize - express in speech
    same as: blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate

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