BLAT (blatted, blatting)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: blatted    , blatting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does blat mean? 

• BLAT (verb)
  The verb BLAT has 1 sense:

1. cry plaintively

  Familiarity information: BLAT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLAT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they blat    ... he / she / it blats   
Past simple: blatted   
Past participle: blatted   
-ing form: blatting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cry plaintively

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

baa; blat; blate; bleat

Context example:

The lambs were bleating

Hypernyms (to "blat" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence examples:

You can hear animals blat in the meadows
The meadows blat with animals