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Blech vs Bleah - What's the difference?

blech | bleah |

As a noun blech

is sheet (out of metal).

As an interjection bleah is

(slang|us) expresses negative feeling the quality of the emotion expressed is more negative than that of 'blah' and has a slight feeling of disgust, verging on nausea.

blech

English

Etymology 1

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (slang) An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.
    • ''Blech ! Look at all the garbage people add to the online dictionary!

    Verb

    (es)
  • (slang) To have the vomiting reflex triggered.

    • See also

    * gag * argh

    Etymology 2

    (wikipedia blech) From (etyl) . Related to (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A metal sheet used to cover stovetop burners on Shabbat to allow food to be kept warm without violating the prohibition against cooking.

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    bleah

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang, US) Expresses negative feeling. The quality of the emotion expressed is more negative than that of 'blah' and has a slight feeling of disgust, verging on nausea.
  • * ''You bought that green station wagon? Bleah !
  • * 2005 , William Safire, The Ick Factor'' (in ''The New York Times , 25 September 2005)
    • Reviewing my list of ickisms - yuck'', ''yecch'', ''bleah'' , ''ew'' and ''ick - the linguist [David McNeill] observes, "Negative words having to do with disgust seem to be embodied in the experience of expelling unwanted, possibly poisonous, materials from the mouth.

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