blatted
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of blatted
C20: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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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
Whistles shrieked, bells clanged, diesel engines blatted their air horns like dying cows.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oboe outbursts blatted blithely, beating drums too, bellowed near.
From Time Magazine Archive
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?"
From Time Magazine Archive
They went up a dusty trail and past the yawning wings of the stockyards where a bunch of sheep blatted now in the thirst of mid-afternoon.
From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.
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