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▪ I. blat, v. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Also blatt.
[Imitative.]
1. intr. To bleat, or make similar sounds. Also fig., to talk noisily or impulsively. Hence ˈblatting ppl. a.
1846in W. K. Northall Recoll. Yankee Hill (1850) 102 Your fellow-countrymen..are not allowed to emigrate north of the Columbia River, on account of a raging he-calf who is of bla-ting on the other side. 1884‘Mark Twain’ Huck. Finn xxv. 248 He blatted along, and managed to inquire about pretty much everybody. 1888San Francisco News Let. 4 Feb. (Farmer), One of these insects of an hour rears up and blatts. 1890L. D'Oyle Notches 34 The poor ‘blatting’ creatures were dragged over to the fire. 1902Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 22 He'd wipe his long thin moustache..and blat off into a long ‘a-aah’. 1932W. Faulkner Light in Aug. (1933) xiii. 271 Others came out from town in racing and blatting cars. 1951L. Hobson Celebrity (1953) iv. 46 She has more self-control... I'd have blatted to the first customer. 1959I. Jefferies 13 Days x. 151, I blatted up to the little shed [on a motor-bicycle].
2. trans. To blurt out; to emit (a shrill noise).
1879Howells Lady of Aroostook I. v. 50 If I have anything on my mind, I have to blat it right out. 1931F. D. Davison Man-Shy (1932) xiii. 136 Calves blatted their shrill fear. 1942R. Chandler High Window (1943) viii. 66 The radio..was still blatting the baseball game.
▪ II. blat, n.1 orig. U.S.
[Imitative.]
A bleating or shrill sound.
1904M. E. Waller Wood-carver 71 Not a sound outside except..the thin blat of a sheep beneath the barn. 1925Glasgow Herald 8 Sept. 6 A bold spirit fired off his gun, and the ‘blat’ of the shot betrayed the cheat.
▪ III. blat, n.2 slang (orig. U.S.).
Also blatt.
[ad. G. blatt leaf, newspaper.]
A newspaper. Cf. bladder n. 6 d.
1932D. Runyon in Collier's 21 Aug. 32/2 In fact, there is some mention of it in the blats. 1965I. Fleming Man with Golden Gun x. 130, I saw it reprinted in the American blatts. 1969J. Fredman Fourth Agency xii. 120 Once the blats get hold of the story you're a ruined man. 1986Times 29 Apr. 16/5 An otherwise bald and unconvincing interview on the telly or column in the blats.
▪ IV. † blat
Obs. An adaptation of L. blatta. |