Definitions For Blag

Adjective

Noun

joke

German Low German

Etymology 1

Perhaps from , blaguer, , to joke, from .

Pronunciation

/blæɡ/ (audio stream unavailable)

Verb

blagg (British, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion. : Synonym: obtain, sponge : (British, informal, specifically) To obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception. : Synonym: pretext : (Polari) To pick up someone. (UK, informal, 1960s) To inveigle by persuasion. : (UK, informal, 1940s) To deceive; to perpetrate a hoax on.

Translations

Noun

BLAG (plural BLAGs) (British, informal) A means of obtaining something by trick or deception. : (British, _, criminal slang) An armed robbery.

Adjective

(British, informal) fake, fake, not genuine. : : Synonym: fake

Derived terms

blagger

Translations

French: braquage, m

Etymology 2

First attested in w:xkcd, xkcd: "".

Noun

BLAG (plural BLAGs) (humorous)

Etymology 3

Interjection

(Philippines) An onomatopoeia for the sound of a falling strike.

Anagrams

Glab

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From .