blunder

v. t. 1. To cause to blunder. [ Obs. ] “To blunder an adversary.” Ditton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

He blunders and confounds all these together. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Confusion; disturbance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Either fr. blunder + D. bus tube, box, akin to G. büchse box, gun, E. box; or corrupted fr. D. donderbus (literally) thunder box, gun, musket. ] 1. A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stupid, blundering fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is apt to blunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Blunder + head. ] A stupid, blundering fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by blunders. [ 1913 Webster ]