blag
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- Rhymes: -æɡ
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to blag (third-person singular simple present blags, present participle blagging, simple past and past participle blagged)
- (informal) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion, especially venture capital during the dot com boom
- (informal) To beg, to cadge.
- Can I blag a fag?
- (Polari) To pick up someone.
- (Internet slang) To brag on one’s blog.
- (informal, 1960s) To persuade (especially as blag in/into), to talk one’s way into a party, concert, or other social event.
- (informal, 1940s) To deceive, to perpetrate a hoax.
- (informal, late 19th century) To steal.
[edit] Noun
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blag (plural blags)
- (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.
- (UK criminal slang) An armed robbery.
- (UK, informal) Fake, not genuine.
- You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!
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