blatting

blat

[blat] verb, blat·ted, blat·ting, noun Chiefly Northeastern U.S. and Great Lakes.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make a loud or raucous noise.
verb (used with object)
3.
to utter loudly and indiscreetly; blurt.
noun
4.
bleat ( def 4 ).

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

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blat (blæt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Blatting is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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blat
1846 (v.), 1904 (n.), U.S. colloquial, imitative. Blatting is from 1935.
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blat

n.
1. Syn. {blast}, sense
1.
2. See thud.
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