Blags vs Blats - What's the difference?

blags | blats |

As a noun blags

is .

As a verb blats is

(blat).

blags

English

Verb

(head)

(blag)

blag

English

Verb

(blagg)

(British, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.

(British, informal) More specifically, to obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception.

The newspaper is accused of blagging details of Gordon Brown's flat purchase from his solicitors.

(British, informal, transitive) To beg, to cadge.

Can I blag a fag?

(UK, informal, transitive) To steal.

(Polari) To pick up someone.

To persuade.

He's blagged his way into many a party.

To deceive, to perpetrate a hoax on.

Synonyms

* pretext

Noun

(en noun)

(British, informal) A means of obtaining something by trick or deception.

A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.

An armed robbery.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(British, informal) Fake, not genuine.

You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!

Derived terms

* blagger, Blagger

External links

* blag] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary ----

blats

English

Verb

(head)

(blat)

Anagrams

* *

blat

English

Etymology 1

Imitative. First attested in 1846.

Verb

(blatt)

To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.

To make a senseless noise.

To talk inconsiderately.

To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.

Anagrams

Etymology 2

(etyl)

Noun

(-)

Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).

To open a new business in Russia you need blat .

Synonyms

* guanxi (from Chinese) ----