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blunder

Pronunciation: /ˈblʌn.dəː/

The English word “blunder” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
  2. A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
  3. Confusion; bewilderment; trouble; disturbance; clamour.

verb

  1. To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid.
  2. To make a bad move, especially caused by tactical oversight.
  3. To lose a piece due to having made a bad move [with the piece lost].
  4. To overlook the possibility of, or end up in, a specified undesirable situation after making a bad move.
  5. To move in an unsteady way.
  6. To enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake.
  7. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to…

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