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blunder

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

blun·der / ˈbləndər/ • n. a stupid or careless mistake. • v. [intr.] make such a mistake; act or speak clumsily: the mayor and the City Council have blundered in an ill-advised campaign. ∎ move clumsily or as if unable to see: we were blundering around in the darkness. DERIVATIVES: blun·der·er n. blun·der·ing·ly adv.

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blunder

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

blunder move blindly or stupidly XIV; make a stupid mistake XVIII. prob. of Scand. orig.; cf. MSw., Norw. blundra shut the eyes, frequent, of the base found in ON. blunda, rel. to BLIND; but the sense-development is not clear.

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blunder

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

blunder •Barbuda, barracuda, Bermuda, brooder, Buxtehude, colluder, deluder, excluder, intruder, Judah, Luda, Neruda, obtruder, Tudor •mouthbrooder •Buddha, do-gooder •Kaunda, Munda •judder, rudder, shudder, udder •numdah •asunder, blunder, chunder, hereunder, plunder, rotunda, sunder, thereunder, thunder, under, up-and-under, wonder •husbander • seconder • Shetlander •mainlander • Greenlander •Queenslander • midlander •Little Englander •Highlander, islander •Icelander • Hollander • lowlander •Newfoundlander • woodlander •colander • Canada • Kannada •ambassador • forwarder •birder, Gerda, girder, herder, murder

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