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Definition of blatnext
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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noun

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Recent Examples of blat
Verb
Top 6: Perez gets A&M insurance Mya Perez blats an two-run home run to extend A&M's lead 7-1, but back-to-back flyouts end the inning. Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 14 Mar. 2026 Crews were blatting the flames to avoid impacts to neighboring businesses. Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026 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
  • Zao exclaims on its Yelp page for the restaurant at The Village.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Behar exclaimed, referring to her cohost, who each talked about their experiences taking GLP-1s.
    Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • On Saturday night, a great roar of affirmation, actually several great roars, answered that question.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The wind suddenly picked up with a roar.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Is there a polite way to ask her to address this, short of shouting or splashing?
    Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Biff shouts at him at the show’s excruciating climax) sways between light and dark, between the road and the deadly shoulder, advancing through his last hours on earth as if through the stations of the cross.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Native to North America, eastern screech-owls are mostly gray, reddish-brown or brown with yellow eyes, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • This causes a blast of high-energy radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a final screech of gravitational waves, and sends out a spray of neutron-rich matter, which allows a process to occur that generates very heavy but unstable elements.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Teal'c takes out some frustrations on an unlucky grunt who bangs him with a door at the start of every time loop, and O'Neill gets to (temporarily) sample the will-they side of his will-they-won't-they relationship with Carter.
    Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader reported that the family also experienced foul odors and heard pig grunts in the home.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Mohr uses these more in-the-red tracks as the opportunity to unleash bellowing vocal delivery that she’s seldom explored before.
    Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Her students and two children were left shattered by the loss of one of their best cheerleaders, who could be found at many of their performances with a big, bright and bellowing laugh.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Junior Heifers One building was filled with the almost deafening hum of high-power hair dryers and the occasional moo.
    Chris Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2026
  • How moo moo came to be be The Facebook group and the resulting moo moo movement began with a conversation between Huckins and a friend, according to both women.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • My father mistakes it for the verb to bray, like a donkey.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Blat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blat. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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