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blat

[blat]

Origin

verb (used without object)

bleat.

to make a loud or raucous noise.

verb (used with object)

to utter loudly and indiscreetly; blurt.

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noun

bleat (def. 4).

Origin:
1840–50; perhaps expressive variant of bleat; compare blate²

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blat (blæt)

—vb , blats, blatting, blatted
1.	(intr) to cry out or bleat like a sheep
2.	(tr) to utter indiscreetly in a loud voice

[C19: of imitative origin]

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Word Origin & History

blat

1846 (v.), 1904 (n.), U.S. colloquial, imitative. Blatting is from 1935.

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