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Definition of "blat" [blat]

  • To utter without thinking; blurt. (verb-transitive)
  • To sound or produce harshly or raucously: trombones blatting out a tune. (verb-transitive)
  • To cry, especially like a sheep; bleat. (verb-intransitive)
  • To make a harsh or raucous noise. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "blat" in a sentence
  • "The usual way to get a job in Russia is not by impressing at an interview, no, but by what is known as blat - "connections.""
  • "Old Billy Bumps uttered a challenging "blat" almost upon the tail of"
  • "The left rarely uses more than 5 words to blat thier tired mindless montras."