blunder Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; foul-up; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
drop the ball; goof; boob; sin.
- I blundered during the job interview
verb make one's way clumsily or blindly
fumble.
- He fumbled towards the door
verb utter impulsively
blurt; ejaculate; blurt out; blunder out.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas

OE. blunderen, blondren, to stir, confuse, blunder; perh. allied to blend to mix, to confound by mixture.

imperfect & past participle Blundered present participle & verbal noun Blundering

To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription. Swift.
To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble.
I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow. Goldsmith.

Yet knows not how to find the uncertain place, And blunders on, and staggers every pace. Dryden.

To cause to blunder. Obs. "To blunder an adversary." Ditton.
To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
He blunders and confounds all these together. Stillingfleet.

Confusion; disturbance. Obs.
A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. Syn. -- Blunder, Error, Mistake, Bull. An error is a departure or deviation from that which is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an error of judgment. A mistake is the interchange or taking of one thing for another, through haste, inadvertence, etc.; as, a careless mistake. A blunder is a mistake or error of a gross kind. It supposes a person to flounder on in his course, from carelessness, ignorance, or stupidity. A bull is a verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of ideas.