blat

(Englisch)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat.
2. (intransitive) To make a senseless noise.
3. To talk inconsiderately; blab.
4. To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
5. (transitive) To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt.

Noun

The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/blæt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Englisch: bleat

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: blǣtan

In summary

Imitative. First attested in 1846 in the intransitive sense of "bleat". Compare English bleat, Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”).

Synonyme

baa

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