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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
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
  • These people aren’t afraid of anything, one of Abdul Hadi’s friends exclaimed.
    Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
  • When the final scores came in, Liu didn’t exclaim in her own victory but leapt to embrace Ami Nakai of Japan, who was delighted to earn bronze.
    Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The sensation of ripping through six forward gears with the LT4’s stentorian roar echoing off a canyon wall is one of the best in motoring.
    Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The next roar came within 200 yards of our boat.
    Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Once the pedestrians are out of the way, the car slowly pulls into the intersection before stopping again as the HSI agents approach, shouting instructions for the driver to stop.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
  • As the brawl unfolded, the crowd could be heard shouting profanity.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The only noise is the dip-dip of oars and the ethereal screech of horseshoe bats.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Ten minutes later the jaguar was only a quarter of a mile away, responding to the call with a loud series of grunts, very deep and coarse.
    Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In terms of grunt, Lazzara has equipped its new vessel with a pair of MAN / Caterpillar 1,400 hp engines.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Fresh army recruits found themselves among whizzing insects, screeching owls, and bellowing gators.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The door in this case is the one that Thomas Frank has just been hurled out of, and the window is one that Roberto De Zerbi is seemingly bellowing into.
    Peter South, New York Times, 11 Feb. 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 13 Mar. 2026.

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