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blatted

British  
/ ˈblætɪd /

adjective

  1. slang drunk

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of blatted

C20: of uncertain origin


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He pulled over and blatted the siren once as he got out, stretched, kept his eyes on the kid.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2019

The loudspeaker blatted five sets of code numbers, each from a different base across the ocean.

From Time Magazine Archive

If he liked the old songs in their simple state, he was troubled to hear them blatted out in pseudo-swing as a substitute for new stuff.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whistles shrieked, bells clanged, diesel engines blatted their air horns like dying cows.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hundred yards from that gate, its horn blatted irritably at the car of the acting head of municipal police.

From The Pirates of Ersatz by Kelly Freas

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