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blat

UK/blæt/ uncommon slang us

verb

1.

cry plaintively

  • “The lambs were bleating”
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Origin

Borrowed from Russian блат (blat), from Polish blat (“cover, umbrella”) or Yiddish בלאַט (blat, “leaf, list”). Doublet of blade.

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