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
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
The crowd began gathering near the sentry boxes at Blair House at dusk, stood raptly as rush-hour traffic blatted past on Pennsylvania Avenue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Colonel Jimmy, confound him, blatted right along, apologising to me for playing "better than he knew how" and all that sort of rot.
From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van
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