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
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blat
Verb
  • Palmer exclaimed, ripping open a long jacket to reveal her growing baby bump on the Studio 8H stage.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 29 May 2025
  • Bush Hager exclaimed at the time in a video shared to social media.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • This was the first finals game in Indianapolis in 25 years, and the roar of the Hoosier faithful throughout the night was something to behold.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 12 June 2025
  • The roar of the Thunderbirds filled the sky Saturday over Beale Air Force Base, long known for the more clandestine surveillance and recon missions of the U.S. Air Force.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • Demonstrators shout and film at police during a protest in the Paramount section of Los Angeles on June 7 after federal immigration authorities conducted operations.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
  • On Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR made official what the Ram trucks parked in the fan midway and the Ram show truck rambling about the grounds had already shouted all weekend—unless Stellantis has taken up recreational tailgating.
    Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Lately, there has been one with a hoarse screech calling me.
    Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
  • But their magnum opus was 1978’s Dub Housing, where Thomas shows off his collection of animal noises, grunts, yelps, and screeches, up to his neck in industrial synth-and-guitar factory noise.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That means a 500-W motor with similar incline-busting grunt and top speed.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Roki Sasaki would lift his left leg almost to his head, stretch far down the front side of the mound, and let out a grunt as a blur of white leather came screaming from his hand.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Inside, a tattooed sauna keeper with muscles that looked like bundles of paracord talked us through the history of the Icelandic sauna, then snapped a towel in front of each of our faces to direct the heat toward us like a fireplace bellows.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Because the cardinals are sequestered during a conclave, black or white smoke is used to represent the cardinals' decisions for the day, bellowing from a Sistine Chapel chimney.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Moments later, the bear rushes in, bites the fawn in the back, and violently shakes it as the fawn lets out piercing bleats.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Her squeaks and sighs are my favorite noises on earth.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 12 May 2025
  • So the first 100 days were dominated by the satisfying squeak of Sharpie on paper as Trump fired off executive action after executive action.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 2 May 2025

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“Blat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blat. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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