blatted
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of blatted
C20: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Silk merchants who hissed and booed, blatted and squealed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The loudspeaker blatted five sets of code numbers, each from a different base across the ocean.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said I: 'They hissed and booed, blatted and squealed like a barnyard filled with frightened cattle, geese and swine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whistles shrieked, bells clanged, diesel engines blatted their air horns like dying cows.
From Time Magazine Archive
He pulled over and blatted the siren once as he got out, stretched, kept his eyes on the kid.
From Slate
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