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- Dictionaryblag/blaɡ/
verb
- 1. manage to obtain (something) by using persuasion or guile: "they blagged two free tickets to France"
- 2. steal (something) in a violent robbery or raid: "I could lie in wait and blag her fur coat"
noun
- 1. an act of using persuasion or guile to obtain something: "raising the £6.5 million had been either a heroic achievement by selfless, dedicated humanitarians or the blag of the century"
- 2. a violent robbery or raid.
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Blag is a verb that means to persuade someone in a clever or slightly dishonest way. Learn how to say blag in different languages and contexts, and see examples and synonyms.
Blag can mean a robbery, a way of getting something for free, or a way of stealing something. Learn how to use blag in British and American English with examples and synonyms.
Blag is a verb that means to persuade somebody to give you something or let you do something by talking to them in a clever way. Learn how to pronounce blag, see examples of blag in sentences, and find out the origin and synonyms of blag.
- English
- Antillean Creole
- German Low German
- Serbo-Croatian
- Slovene
Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /blæɡ/ 2. Rhymes: -æɡ
Etymology 1
The origin of the noun is unknown. The verbis derived from the noun.
Etymology 2
The origin of the verbis uncertain; it is possibly: 1. from blag (“to rob; to steal”) (see etymology 1);or 2. borrowed from French blaguer (“to joke (about); to tell a lie”), from blague (“pouch, especially for tobacco; joke (from the notion of something puffed up, and thus fanciful)”) (from Dutch balg (“leather bag”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). The adjective and nounare probably derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /blɔːx/, /blɒːx/ (more on the merger of monophthongal A and O)
Adjective
blag 1. Alternative spelling of blaag
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolgъ.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /blâːɡ/
Adjective
blȃg (definite blȃgī, comparative blȁžī, Cyrillic spelling бла̑г) 1. mild, gentle, soft, slight 1.1. Skrenite blago ulijevo. ― Turn slightlyto the left. 2. (intensifier, colloquial) any, damn, faintest 2.1. Nemam blage ideje o čemu pričaš! ― I don't have anyidea what you're talking about.
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bolgъ.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /bláːk/
Adjective
blȃg (comparative blážji or blȃžji, superlative nȁjblážji or nȁjblȃžji) 1. mild, gentle, soft
Blag is a British slang term for a robbery, especially with violence, or to obtain something by wheedling or cadging. Learn how to use blag in a sentence and see synonyms, translations and related words.
Blag can be a noun meaning a robbery, especially with violence, or a verb meaning to obtain by wheedling or cadging. Learn more about the origin, usage, and history of this slang word.
Learn the meaning and usage of the British informal verb blag, which means to persuade someone to give you something for free. Find out how to pronounce, conjugate, and translate blag in different languages.
