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Word: Blag
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 19th century: perhaps from French blaguer ‘tell lies’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
blaɡ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
manage to obtain (something) by using persuasion or guile
Short Definition:obtain by clever talk
Examples:- they blagged two free tickets to France
Definition:
steal (something) in a violent robbery or raid
Short Definition:steal in violent robbery
Examples:- I could lie in wait and blag her fur coat
Word: Blag
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
blaɡ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an act of using persuasion or guile to obtain something
Short Definition:clever attempt to obtain something
Examples:- raising the £6.5 million had been either a heroic achievement by selfless, dedicated humanitarians or the blag of the century
Definition:
a violent robbery or raid.
Short Definition:violent robbery
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