blat

[ blat ]

/ blæt /

Chiefly Northeastern U.S. and Great Lakes.

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verb (used without object), blat·ted, blat·ting.

bleat.

to make a loud or raucous noise.

verb (used with object), blat·ted, blat·ting.

to utter loudly and indiscreetly; blurt.

noun

bleat (def. 4).

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Origin of blat

1840–50; perhaps expressive variant of bleat; cf. blate²

Words nearby blat

blastospore, blastostyle, blastula, blastulation, blast wave, blat, blatant, blatantly, blate, blather, blatherskite

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How to use blat in a sentence

And you can draw character, paint character, but you can't very well blat about it, can you?
Shandygaff|Christopher Morley
Take away the cow that gives the milk, an they would all blat jest like weaned calves.
Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia|Seba Smith
As Johnnie's hand let the hoop fall Snowball gave a frightened blat.
The Tale of Snowball Lamb|Arthur Bailey
And Struve was primed with all the facts he had heard Kinney blat out time and again.
A Texas Ranger|William MacLeod Raine

The latter animal could not blat, for its wind was shut off.
The Trail Boys on the Plains|Jay Winthrop Allen

British Dictionary definitions for blat

blat

/ (blæt) /

verb blats, blatting or blatted US and Canadian

(intr) to cry out or bleat like a sheep

(tr) to utter indiscreetly in a loud voice

Word Origin for blat

C19: of imitative origin

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