BLAG

Etymology 1

Verb

blag (third-person singular simple present blags, present participle blagging, simple past and past participle blagged)

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

Synonyms: 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.

Noun

blag (plural blags)

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

(British criminal slang) An armed robbery.

Adjective

blag (comparative more blag, superlative most blag)

(British, informal) Fake, not genuine.

Synonym: fake

Etymology 2

First attested in xkcd: "Mispronouncing".

Noun

blag (plural blags)

(humorous) Misspelling of blog.

Etymology 3

Interjection

blag

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

Anagrams

• Glab

Source: Wiktionary

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