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单词 blat
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blatn.1

Etymology: Imitative.
Originally U.S.
A bleating or shrill sound.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > sound
shrill1591
shrilling1639
scriding?1690
skirling1820
whit1853
squeal1867
blat1904
whee1920
whine1928
blatting1935
1904 M. E. Waller Wood-carver 71 Not a sound outside except..the thin blat of a sheep beneath the barn.
1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xii. 313 Every one swellin' the chorus o' blats.
1925 Glasgow Herald 8 Sept. 6 A bold spirit fired off his gun, and the ‘blat’ of the shot betrayed the cheat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

blatn.2

Forms: Also blatt.
Etymology: < German blatt leaf, newspaper.
slang (originally U.S.).
A newspaper. Cf. bladder n. 6d.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > journalism > journal > newspaper > [noun]
intelligencer1598
courant1621
coranto1624
paper1642
mercury1643
newsletter1665
newspaper1667
slip1688
raga1734
news1738
gazetteer1742
sheet1754
news sheet1841
spread1848
linen-draper1857
newsprint1897
blat1932
linen1955
mimeo newspaper1973
1932 D. Runyon in Collier's 21 Aug. 32/2 In fact, there is some mention of it in the blats.
1965 I. Fleming Man with Golden Gun x. 130 I saw it reprinted in the American blatts.
1969 J. Fredman Fourth Agency xii. 120 Once the blats get hold of the story you're a ruined man.
1986 Times 29 Apr. 16/5 An otherwise bald and unconvincing interview on the telly or column in the blats.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

blatv.

Forms: Also blatt.
Etymology: Imitative.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
1. intransitive. To bleat, or make similar sounds. Also figurative, to talk noisily or impulsively.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > bleat
blat1846
blore1865
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)]
chattera1250
drivelc1390
clatter1401
chatc1440
smattera1450
pratec1460
blaver1461
babble?1504
blether1524
boblec1530
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
fable1579
tinkle1638
whiffle1706
slaver1730
doitera1790
jaunder1808
haver1816
maunder1816
blather1825
yatter1825
blat1846
bibble-babble1888
flap-doodle1893
twiddle1893
spiel1894
rot1896
blither1903
to run off at the mouth1908
drool1923
twiddle-twaddle1925
crap1940
natter1942
yack1950
yacker1961
yacket1969
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > make shrill sound
yellOE
pipec1275
treblec1425
shrillc1440
squail1526
squeal1600
skirl1827
blat1846
whine1874
whit1899
zing1899
whee1960
1846 in W. K. Northall Life & Recoll. Yankee Hill (1850) 102 Your fellow-countrymen..are not allowed to emigrate north of the Columbia River, on account of a raging he-calf who is of bla-ting on the other side.
1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxv. 213 He blatted along, and managed to inquire about pretty much everybody.
1888 San Francisco News Let. 4 Feb. (Farmer) One of these insects of an hour rears up and blatts.
1902 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 22 He'd wipe his long thin moustache..and blat off into a long ‘a-aah’.
1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights i. viii. 149 Perhaps the calf blatted a little as the heat scorched.
1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd ii. 24 The stockyards where a bunch of sheep blatted now in the thirst of mid-afternoon.
1951 L. Z. Hobson Celebrity (1953) iv. 46 She has more self-control... I'd have blatted to the first customer.
1959 I. Jefferies Thirteen Days x. 151 I blatted up to the little shed [on a motor-bicycle].
2. transitive. To blurt out; to emit (a shrill noise).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly > blurt out
braid1562
blurt1573
bolt1577
plump1579
sot1608
to bounce out (with)c1626
flirt1641
blutter1684
to come right out with1861
to give vent1870
blat1879
whip1889
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > shrill [verb (transitive)]
squeal1675
skirl1787
blat1931
1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook I. v. 50 If I have anything on my mind, I have to blat it right out.
1931 F. D. Davison Man-shy (1932) xiii. 136 Calves blatted their shrill fear.
1942 R. Chandler High Window (1943) viii. 66 The radio..was still blatting the baseball game.

Derivatives

ˈblatting adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that bleats
bleatingc1380
blatant1791
blatting1890
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > making shrill sound
squealinga1400
shrill1508
pipinga1522
shrilling1566
shrill-bated1582
shirling1592
shrilledc1602
screaming1616
skirling1786
blatting1890
1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 34 The poor ‘blatting’ creatures were dragged over to the fire.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xiii. 271 Others came out from town in racing and blatting cars.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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