"blates" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-blates.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Clipping of blatantly. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|blatantly}} Clipping of blatantly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} blates (not comparable)
  1. (UK, slang) blatantly; certainly; obviously Tags: UK, not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-blates-en-adv-qoK31ulL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for blates meaning in English (1.7kB)

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          "text": ">There have been far more abominations than great games based on popular\n>films, but what are your 5 favourites?\n5) Er.\n4) Um.\n3) Erm.\n2) Batman the Movie (Spectrum)\n1) Goldeneye (N64). Blates, innit.",
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