blunder
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
- A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
- Confusion; bewilderment; trouble; disturbance; clamour.
Verb
- To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid.
- To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid: To make a bad move, especially caused by tactical oversight.
- To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid: To lose a piece due to having made a bad move [with the piece lost].
- To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid: To overlook the possibility of, or end up in, a specified undesirable situation after making a bad move.
- To move in an unsteady way.
- To enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake.
- To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
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