bloomer

/ˈblumər/

Other forms: bloomers

Definitions of bloomer

1. noun

   a flower that blooms in a particular way
   “a night bloomer”

   type of:

   flower

   a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
2. noun

   an embarrassing mistake
   synonyms: blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall

   types:

   bobble

   the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball

   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

   type of:

   error, fault, mistake

   a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention