blooter

noun, verb — 9 senses

blooter

noun

1

Slang A babbler, a bumbling idiot, a fool.

A bluiter buskit lyk a belly blind.1627, Alexander Montgomerie, Poems:
‘Oh, to the devil wi' ye!’ said Wanton Wully, sweating with vexation. ‘Of all the senseless bells! A big, boss bluiter! I canna compel nor coax ye!’1907, Neil Munro, Daft Days:

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Women go into pubs... to enjoy a quiet drink with friends. And any halitosis-ridden, hand-wandering blooter who thinks otherwise could find himself stuck up his own optic.1999 July 13, Glasgow Daily Record:

2

Slang A hard, often wild kick of a ball.

He of the fabulous long-range shot or the useless blooter professes to love everything about Rangers.2002 December 23, Daily Mail:

3

Slang A ball kicked in such a way.

4

Scotland, Slang An unattractive woman.

blooter

verb

1

Slang To do poor work, to botch (a job).

There's no way that hoose could be painted right in wan day; they must've blootered it.1996, M. Munro, Complete Patter:

2

Obsolete, Possibly To talk foolishly, to babble.

Jamie […] at last bluitered oot [em] ‘I-I-I was up the water, sir, fellin' a deid dowg!’1913, J. Service, The Memorables of Robin Cummell:

3

Obsolete, Possibly To shriek, to cry in a shrill manner.

The whaup, frae the south, that bluiters / In the bogs, like a soo.1793, R. Brown, Carlop Green:

4

Slang To kick a ball in a hard and usually wild manner.

We'd blooter the ball into the terracing.2001 August 19, Glasgow Sunday Herald:

5

Slang To smash; to bludgeon.

A hauf-inch closer an' that wis me... brains blootered aw err the tarmac.1990, J. Byrne, Your Cheatin' Heart:

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