blat 1 of 2

as in to exclaim
to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling blatted an obscene expletive before biting the dust

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blat

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noun

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Recent Examples of blat
Verb
Your problem is that you were raised on fantasies of blatting muscle cars and Bueller-esque Ferrari Daytonas, and don’t know how to find something fun, affordable, and unexpected. Brett Berk, GQ, 26 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blat
Verb
  • Handler recalled exclaiming to a friend at the time.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Ripa exclaimed, returning her focus to the audience member.
    EW.com, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Rudolph’s free-form use of onscreen effects and graphics extracts in visual form the manic contents of this inner verbal roar.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
  • And the acoustic details to amplify the roar of the crowd.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Fans in their team jerseys waved flags, shouted for their countrymen and continued the ritual booing of the opposing national anthem that has become an nightly undercard for a tournament that was the return of NHL stars to the international scene after missing the last two Winter Olympics.
    Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.
    Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit.
    Kevin Spencer, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Her inaudible grunt gives way to another coughing fit.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Cynical readers might right away be bellowing that this is going to incentivize the AI makers to convince users to increase their thinking times, perhaps just to make a buck.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Parker bellows through the glass of Voss’ oxygen bath pod.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Goats in real life are smart, sensitive social creatures who communicate through bleats and body language.
    Michael Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Every night the lamb would cry, and be told to hush, for its bleats disturbed their sleep.
    Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But dolphins have complex dialects in the form of crackles, squeaks and whistles.
    Leticia Fanucchi, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Loud hums, squeaks, and rattles: While many old dishwashers do emit a loud hum, sometimes this can be caused by a problem with a pump.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Blat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blat. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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