blag

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /blæɡ/ Rhymes: -æɡ === Etymology 1 === The origin of the noun is unknown. The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== blag (plural blags) (British, criminal slang) An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== blag (third-person singular simple present blags, present participle blagging, simple past and past participle blagged) (transitive, British, criminal slang) To obtain (something) through armed robbery or robbery involving violence, or theft; to rob; to steal. ===== Derived terms ===== blagger blagging (noun) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is possibly: from blag (“to rob; to steal”) (see etymology 1); or 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 noun are probably derived from the verb. ==== Verb ==== blag (third-person singular simple present blags, present participle blagging, simple past and past participle blagged) (British, Ireland, informal) (transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion. Synonyms: inveigle, sponge; see also Thesaurus:scrounge (specifically) To obtain (confidential information) by impersonation or other deception; also, to deceive (someone) into disclosing confidential information. Synonym: pretext To obtain (something desired), or avoid (something undesired), through improvisation or luck; to fluke, to get away with. To use guile or persuasion on (someone); also, to deceive or perpetrate a hoax on (someone). (Polari) To meet and seduce (someone) for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation; to pick up. (intransitive) To speak persuasively or with guile to obtain something. ===== Derived terms ===== blagged (adjective) blagger blagging (noun) ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== blag (comparative more blag, superlative most blag) (British, informal) Not genuine; fake. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== blag (plural blags) (British, informal) An attempt to obtain, or the means of obtaining, something by guile or persuasion; a trick. An act of deceiving; a con, a deception, a hoax. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Coined by the American author, cartoonist, and engineer Randall Munroe (born 1984) in his webcomic xkcd in 2006: see the quotation. ==== Noun ==== blag (plural blags) (humorous, informal) Deliberate misspelling of blog. [from 2006] ===== Derived terms ===== interblag ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === blag (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Glab == Antillean Creole == === Etymology === From French blague. === Noun === blag joke == German Low German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɔːx/, /blɒːx/ (more on the merger of monophthongal A and O) === Adjective === blag alternative spelling of blaag == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolgъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blâːɡ/ === Adjective === blȃg (Cyrillic spelling бла̑г, definite blȃgī, comparative blȁžī) mild, gentle, soft, slight Skrenite blago ulijevo. ― Turn slightly to the left. (intensifier, colloquial) any, damn, faintest Nemam blage ideje o čemu pričaš! ― I don't have any idea what you're talking about. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== blagost ==== Further reading ==== “blag”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Slovene == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolgъ. First attested in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bláːk/ === Adjective === blȃg (comparative blážji or blȃžji, superlative nȁjblážji or nȁjblȃžji) mild, gentle, soft === Further reading === “blag”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026