blagとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /blæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

動詞

blag (三人称単数 現在形 blags, 現在分詞 blagging, 過去形および過去分詞形 blagged)

1. (Britain, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.

   Synonyms: obtain, sponge

   Can I blag a fag?

2. (Britain, informal, specifically) To obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception.

   Synonym: pretext

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

3. (Polari) To pick up someone.
4. (Britain, informal, 1960s) To inveigle by persuasion.

   He's blagged his way into many a party.

5. (Britain, informal, 1940s) To deceive; to perpetrate a hoax on.

名詞

blag (複数形 blags)

1. (Britain, informal) A means of obtaining something by trick or deception.

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

2. (Britain criminal スラング) An armed robbery.
   • 2014, Echo Freer, Diamond Geezers

     I know your old man's keen for you to learn the ropes an' all that, but let's not forget who's running this blag, shall we?

形容詞

blag (comparative more blag, superlative most blag)

1. (Britain, informal) Fake, not genuine.

   You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!

   Synonym: fake

派生語

• blagger

語源 2

First attested in xkcd: "Mispronouncing".

名詞

blag (複数形 blags)

1. (humorous) Misspelling of blog. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

語源 3

Tagalog blag

間投詞

blag

1. (Philippines) An onomatopoeia for the sound of a falling strike. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Further reading

• blag at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary

参照

アナグラム

• Glab