blat

American  

[blat] / blæt /

verb (used without object)

blatted, blatting

1. bleat.

2. to make a loud or raucous noise.

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verb (used with object)

blatted, blatting

1. to utter loudly and indiscreetly; blurt.

noun

1. bleat.

blat British  

/ blæt /

verb

1. (intr) to cry out or bleat like a sheep

2. (tr) to utter indiscreetly in a loud voice

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Etymology

Origin of blat

1840–50; perhaps expressive variant of bleat; blate ²

Example Sentences

The Sounders were jolted back into MLS play with an early ping and blat of the ball off the goal post and cross bar Saturday.

From Seattle Times

In one early poem, he asked: “What definition of beauty can exclude / The MV Agusta racing 500-3, / From the land of Donatello, with blatting megaphones?”

From New York Times

Not the 'what I had for brunch' blatting.

From New York Times

And do you remember the deep blatting stroke of the great gong in the Joss House, and how its tone hung in the air so long?

From Literature

Too, let us not forget the Metropolitans of 1910, whose victory was reported in this very blat on the 30th of June that year under the headline “Opera Ball Team Trounces Boston.”

From New York Times