 blate |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] disposed to avoid notice | |
| Synonyms: | bashful | |
| Examples: | "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it" (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) |
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| Related terms: | Scotland backward | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cry plaintively | |
| Synonyms: | bleat baa blat | |
| Examples: | "The lambs were bleating" |
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| Related terms: | utter baa | |
| Similar spelling: |
blat bloat bleat Blatt BLT Blythe blithe blot Blyth Bluth BLitt blida bleed blade blotto bletia Blatta Bluitt Blewett |
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