blatted
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of blatted
C20: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Whistles shrieked, bells clanged, diesel engines blatted their air horns like dying cows.
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Silk merchants who hissed and booed, blatted and squealed.
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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.
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He pulled over and blatted the siren once as he got out, stretched, kept his eyes on the kid.
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A Midwest member got on the wire, blatted the news to all wirephoto points by asking the New York office: "What about pictures on Roosevelt at Casablanca?"
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