blat vs cry

blat

verb
  • To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat. 

  • To talk inconsiderately; blab. 

  • To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt. 

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

  • To make a senseless noise. 

noun
  • The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society). 

cry

verb
  • To shed tears; to weep. 

  • To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do. 

  • To shout, scream, yell. 

  • To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping. 

  • To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. 

  • To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc. 

  • Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage. 

noun
  • A desperate or urgent request. 

  • Words shouted or screamed. 

  • A shout or scream. 

  • A group of hounds. 

  • A clamour or outcry. 

  • A shedding of tears; the act of crying. 

  • A typical sound made by the species in question. 

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