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bloat

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) bloat (adjective)
  2. 2) bloat (verb)
  3. 3) bloat (noun)
  4. bloat colic (noun)

1bloat

adj \ˈblōt\

Definition of BLOAT

: bloated, puffy

Origin of BLOAT

Middle English blout, blote soft, pliable, from Old Norse blautr soft, weak; akin to Old English blēat miserable
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with BLOAT

boat, coat, cote, dote, float, gloat, goat, groat, haute, moat, mote, note, oat, quote, rote, shoat, stoat, throat, tote, vote

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