blat
verb (used with object)
3.
to utter loudly and indiscreetly; blurt.
noun
4.
bleat ( def 4 ).
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| —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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