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bla

bla is the alternative form of blah.

Meaning of blah

Interjection

  1. An expression of mild frustration.
    • Blah! Why can't I get this computer to work!
    Synonyms:
    bah, blast, drat, fie
  2. (When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
    • Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah, Mom, you said this all yesterday.
  3. Representing the sound of vomiting.
    Synonyms:
    bleah, blech, bleh

See all 9 meanings of blah

Proper noun capitalized: BLA

BLA

  1. (Pakistan, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Baloch(istan) Liberation Army.

Noun capitalized: BLA

BLA (plural BLAs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of biological licence application.

Forms of bla

pluralBLAs

Questions about bla

What is bla the alternative form of?
Bla is the alternative form of blah.
What part of speech is bla?
Bla can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near bla in the dictionary

  1. BL Lacertae object
  2. bl**dy
  3. Bl. Com.
  4. bl00d
  5. bl00ds
  6. bla
  7. blaa
  8. Blaan
  9. blaanda bread
  10. blaas
  11. blaasop

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bla (page history and authors); BLA (page history and authors); blah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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