Added 9 October 2026
blat
/blæt/ verb
First recorded: 1846 Wiktionary
verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about blat at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Cry plaintively.
The lambs were bleating
Origin
Imitative. First attested in 1846 in the intransitive sense of "bleat". Compare English bleat, Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”).
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