Word.ws English Dictionary

blates

blates adverb: blatantly; certainly, obviously.

Adverb

blates (not comparable)

  1. (UK, slang) Blatantly; certainly, obviously.
    • LOST IS WELL CRAP. GO WATCH RAVEN ON BBC1 FOR PROP ENTERTAINMENT.blates.xx.2006, daniel.g.read@googlemail.com, “LOST IS 4 LOSERS!”, in alt.tv.lost (Usenet)
    • >There have been far more abominations than great games based on popular
      >films, but what are your 5 favourites?
      5) Er.
      4) Um.
      3) Erm.
      2) Batman the Movie (Spectrum)
      1) Goldeneye (N64). Blates, innit.2008, deKay, “Tuesday Top 5: Movie Licences”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet)

Origin of blates

Clipping of blatantly + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Compare obvs (“obviously”).

Questions about blates

What does blates mean?
Blates means blatantly; certainly, obviously.
What part of speech is blates?
Blates is an adverb.

Words near blates in the dictionary

  1. blated
  2. blatellaquinone
  3. blateness
  4. blatently
  5. blater
  6. blates
  7. blatest
  8. blather
  9. blathered
  10. blatherer
  11. blatherers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: blates (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-blates.ogg.

Cite this entry: “blates.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/blates. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.