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
Noun
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
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Verb
  • Harold had exclaimed when the fetid, turquoise sea had at last come into view.
    Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
  • There will be a lot of musical theater songs at the Royal Albert Hall, Scherzinger exclaims.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • The rush of wind and thrum of tire roar was punctuated, not by engine revs and tailpipe cackles, but by birdsong.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • But the loudest roar — aside the one for the record strikeout — came when Kershaw bounded out of the dugout to start the sixth.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • Because real branding isn’t about turning heads at the Met Gala or chasing clicks or shouting the loudest in the room.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The chief example of rudeness here is shouting admonishments at other opera patrons.
    Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Cicadas are back at it again in 2025, already emerging in droves to announce the approach of summer with their screeches.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • The screech of an infected is the first sign of trouble.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Refinements since then pushed the output to 300 hp and 365 lb-ft, offering a mild edge over the outgoing engine, but a new six-speed automatic replacing the old four-speed one meant the SUV could make better use of the grunt on hand.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
  • That means a 500-W motor with similar incline-busting grunt and top speed.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The wind instrument's dramatic and reverberating sounds have bellowed throughout the naves of churches for more than 1,000 years.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Thanks to her bellowing sound, the brave caretaker saw the animal in danger and quickly jumped in the water to lift it to dry land.
    Allison Moses, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • The jarring bleat came across cellphones in Tennessee Monday morning grabbing peoples attention.
    Liz Kellar, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • This pageant of puppetry includes a flutter of butterflies, a goat with a plaintive bleat, a menagerie of wild animals and, at one point, a school of glowing fish.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The footage shows the beautiful black cat not with a typical meow, but with a series of gentle squeaks.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
  • George's solo culminated in a symphony of squeaks before MJ Lenderman returned to the stage for a two-song encore.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 17 May 2025

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“Blat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blat. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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