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blech

/blɛk/

blech interjection: an imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.

blech: an imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain
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Interjection

  1. (slang) An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.
    • Blech! Look at all those maggots!
    • Speaking of showering: after my dad’s passing, I realized I was more vested in my puppy’s grooming than my own. […] On more than one occasion, I had to ask myself if I brushed my teeth that day. Blech.2023 November 14, Beth Romero, “Be a Weeble”, in Happy AF: Simple Strategies to Get Unstuck, Bounce Back, and Live Your Best Life, Berkeley, Calif.: She Writes Press, →ISBN, chapter 1 (The Art of...
    Synonyms:
    feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh

Verb

blech (third-person singular simple present bleches, present participle bleching, simple past and past participle bleched)

  1. (slang) To have the vomiting reflex triggered.

Noun

IPA/blɛx/

blech (plural blechs)

  1. (Judaism) A metal sheet used to cover stovetop burners on Shabbat to allow food to be kept warm without violating the prohibition against cooking.
    Synonyms:
    plata

blech meaning in Vietnamese

blech in Vietnamese

gagging sound of disgust
ọe

Synonyms of blech

All synonyms of blech

Forms of blech

Interjection
alternative formbleck
Verb
third-person singular presentbleches
present participlebleching
past participlebleched
pastbleched
Noun
pluralblechs

Origin of blech

Imitative.

From Yiddish בלעך (blekh). Related to German Blech.

Words formed from blech

Words that rhyme with blech

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Questions about blech

What does blech mean?
Blech means an imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.
What is blech in Vietnamese?
Blech in Vietnamese is ọe. See Blech meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is blech?
Blech can be an interjection, a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce blech?
Blech is pronounced /blɛk/.

Words near blech in the dictionary

  1. blebbistatin
  2. blebby
  3. blebectomies
  4. blebectomy
  5. blebs
  6. blech
  7. Blecha
  8. Blechas
  9. bleched
  10. blecherous
  11. bleches

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