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blart

blart verb: to sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.

Verb

blart (third-person singular simple present blarts, present participle blarting, simple past and past participle blarted)

  1. (Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.
  2. (Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To bleat, bellow, low.

Noun

blart (plural blarts)

  1. (Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) A loud noise or cry.

Forms of blart

Verb
third-person singular presentblarts
present participleblarting
past participleblarted
pastblarted
Noun
pluralblarts

Origin of blart

Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *blerten, from Old English *blǣrettan, a variant of Old English *blǣran (compare Middle English bleren, blaren, bloren (“to cry, bellow, wail”) > English blare, blore). Compare also Middle English blurden, English blurt.

Phrases with blart

Questions about blart

What does blart mean?
Blart means to sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.
What part of speech is blart?
Blart can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of blart?
The past tense of blart is blarted.

Words near blart in the dictionary

  1. blarnied
  2. blarnies
  3. blarny
  4. blarnying
  5. blarsted
  6. blart
  7. blarted
  8. blarting
  9. blarts
  10. BLAS
  11. Blaschke

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