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blat /blat /informal, chiefly North American verb (blats, blatting, blatted) [no object]1Make a bleating sound: horsemen on ugly steeds, grunting and blatting and howling...- It's some bureaucrat blatting off the top of his head.
- But do remember, after you are done honking and blatting in cyberspace, that nothing you say will make any difference.
- But when the pair of sheep were driven off, blatting indignantly, we found ourselves in possession of a handsome but completely surplus male Labrador.
2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Travel quickly: blatting down the motorway...- If I was after a new bike for blatting around town, I'd buy one of these straight off the mark.
- Battered cars would do their best to tear up the tarmac some more as they blatted past, mufflers long-gone.
nounA bleat or similar noise: the blat of Jack’s horn...- The bishop attempts to deflect attention away from the source of the problem with irresponsible and alarmist honks and blats.
- Today the bleeps, bloops, and blats just sound quaint.
OriginMid 19th century: imitative. |