Blunder Definition

blŭndər
blundered, blundering, blunders
noun
blunders
A foolish or stupid mistake.
Webster's New World
verb
blundered, blundering, blunders
To make a mistake.
American Heritage
To move clumsily or carelessly; flounder; stumble.
Webster's New World
To do clumsily or poorly; bungle.
Webster's New World
To say stupidly, clumsily, or confusedly; blurt.
Webster's New World
To make a foolish or stupid mistake.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Blunder

Noun

Singular:
blunder
Plural:
blunders

Origin of Blunder

  • From Middle English blunderen to go blindly perhaps from Old Swedish blundra have one's eyes closed from Old Norse blunda

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes”). Cognates include Danish blunde (“to blink”).

    From Wiktionary

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