"make a bleating sound," 1846, U.S. colloquial, imitative. Related: Blatted; blatting. As a noun from 1904.
blastema
blasto-
blastocyst
blast-off
blastula
blat
blatant
blather
blatherskite
blaxploitation
blaze
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