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# bloomer

«bloomer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A silly mistake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bloomer, bloomers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, informal) A silly mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#m1)

2) (UK) A large loaf of white bread with diagonal cuts on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#m2)

3) Bloomers (plural): long, loose knickers or trousers once worn by women and girls, now old-fashioned or joking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#m3)

4) A plant that flowers: a late bloomer; also a person who develops later than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday British talk, «I made a right bloomer» means a funny mistake. In bakeries, a bloomer is a loaf. In stories set in the past, girls wear bloomers. «A late bloomer» is a kind phrase for someone who succeeds or grows up later. Phrases: make a bloomer, late bloomer.

### examples

- (UK) I made a real bloomer and called my teacher Mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#x1)
- Could I have a bloomer loaf, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#x2)
- My grandma's old photo shows girls in bloomers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#x3)
- He was a late bloomer but became a great runner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#x4)
- These roses are early bloomers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#x5)
- The newsreader's bloomer made everyone laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/#x6)

### note

The mistake sense is mainly British. Bloomers (underwear) is always plural. A late bloomer is a compliment, not an insult.

### In the corpora

- ["Late bloomer" means a child who is behind other children for now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/14/)
- [The big growth spurt of puberty can come years earlier for one child than another, and many late bloomers catch up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bloomer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloomer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.