different between blates vs bates

English

Etymology

Clipping of blatantly.

Pronunciation

Adverb

blates (not comparable)

1. (Britain, slang) blatantly; certainly; obviously
   • 2006, "[email protected]", LOST IS 4 LOSERS! (on newsgroup alt.tv.lost)

     LOST IS WELL CRAP. GO WATCH RAVEN ON BBC1 FOR PROP ENTERTAINMENT.blates.xx.

   • 2008, "deKay", Tuesday Top 5: Movie Licences (on newsgroup uk.games.video.misc)

     >There have been far more abominations than great games based on popular
     >films, but what are your 5 favourites?
     5) Er.
     4) Um.
     3) Erm.
     2) Batman the Movie (Spectrum)
     1) Goldeneye (N64). Blates, innit.

References

• The Guardian, 2007 [1]

Anagrams

• Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, bleats, stable, tables

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?ts/
• Homophones: baits, Bates

Verb

bates

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bate

Anagrams

• Beast, Sebat, abets, baste, beast, beats, besat, betas, esbat, tabes

Latin

Noun

bat?s

1. nominative plural of batis
2. accusative plural of batis
3. vocative plural of batis

Portuguese

Verb

bates

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of bater

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bates/, [?ba.t?es]

Etymology 1

Noun

bates m pl

1. plural of bate

Etymology 2

Verb

bates

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of batir.