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blag

The correct spelling is blag.

How to pronounce blag

/blæɡ/
noun

IPA: /blæɡ/

Say it like: Bla-g

The correct spelling is blag. A means of obtaining something by trick or deception. For example: "A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box."

Usage Examples

A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.

Can I blag a fag?

The newspaper is accused of blagging details of Gordon Brown's flat purchase from his solicitors.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A means of obtaining something by trick or deception.
  2. 2.An armed robbery.

verb

  1. 1.To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
  2. 2.(specifically) To obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception.
  3. 3.To pick up someone.
  4. 4.(1960s) To inveigle by persuasion.
  5. 5.(1940s) To deceive; to perpetrate a hoax on.

adjective

  1. 1.Fake, not genuine.

interjection

  1. 1.An onomatopoeia for the sound of a falling strike.

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