bleg
/blɛɡ/
bleg noun: a pouting (Trisopterus luscus).
Noun (1)
bleg (plural blegs)
- A pouting (Trisopterus luscus).
- Steve Thompson, on the Moonshadow, won last Wednesday’s WBA boat competition with the only fish of the night, a 1lb 8oz pouting (bleg)4 July 2007, Jack Melton, “Fresh water gives shore anglers a clear problem”, in Sunderland Echo
- #*: Boats are taking ling to 18lb as well as codling to 5lbs and loads of pout whiting (blegs) on squid.7 November 2007, “Sea Angling latest”, in Sunderland Echo
Noun (2)
bleg (plural blegs)
- An entry on a blog requesting information or contributions.
- I posted a bleg in the hope of learning more about local tourism.
- Here's a bleg: can anyone direct me to any statement she [Sarah Palin] has ever made about foreign policy?2008 August 29, Andrew Sullivan, “The Utter Arrogance Of It”, in The Atlantic
Verb
bleg (third-person singular simple present blegs, present participle blegging, simple past and past participle blegged)
- To create an entry on a blog requesting information or contributions.
- That guy will bleg on the most unusual topics.
- The Freakonomics blog posted a "bleg" from "Yale Book of Quotations" editor Fred Shapiro, in which Shapiro blegged for modern proverbs.2008 May 18, “Strange looks and funny lines from the past week”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Examples of bleg in a sentence
- The only report on boat fishing last week was on Tuesday when the Wanderer managed to get out and took about a dozen codling to three pounds plus a few blegs.29 May 2008, “Sea Angling: Wear in doldrums, Tyne and Tees looking up”, in Sunderland Echo:
- Jacobs Cup, with two weighing in three coalies, a codling and a bleg.10 December 2010, “Fishing: Pier marks look favourite for Big Open”, in Sunderland Echo:
- About ten days ago, I blegged for comments about great conservative novels — NRO readers now have posted more than 200 entries here [hyperlink redacted].2009 November 30, John J. Miller, “Novels of the Right, cont.”, in National Review Online:
- Zimmer had "blegged" (that’s right, begged on his blog) his readers to help him compile a number of book and article titles for inclusion in that list, and they "did not disappoint."2009 August 7, Curtis Brainard, “It’s Tanking; I’m Teaching…”, in Columbia Journalism Review:
Forms of bleg
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blegs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | blegs |
| present participle | blegging |
| past participle | blegged |
| past | blegged |
Origin of bleg
Unknown
Blend of blog + beg. British-born American far-right political commentator, writer, journalist and computer programmer John Derbyshire claims to have coined the verb in 2002, although earlier usage may have occurred.
Words that rhyme with bleg
Questions about bleg
- What does bleg mean?
- Bleg means a pouting (Trisopterus luscus).
- How do you use bleg in a sentence?
- The only report on boat fishing last week was on Tuesday when the Wanderer managed to get out and took about a dozen codling to three pounds plus a few blegs.
- What part of speech is bleg?
- Bleg can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bleg?
- Bleg is pronounced /blɛɡ/.
- What is the plural of bleg?
- The plural of bleg is blegs.
Words near bleg in the dictionary
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