Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To slap; strike with violence; beat.
- To maltreat.
- n. A slap; a flat blow.
- n. A piece; a fragment; a large piece or lump.
- n. A portfolio; a blotting-book or blotting-pad.
Examples
“Essentially, I had already written a couple of all-ages how-to-draw type books for a London publisher called Ilex Press (who I knew from his Vertigo UK days) asked me to write a "blad" for a book on self-publishing comics.”
“I shoot 100 grain three blad Muzzy's on a 28 Gold Tip at 310 fps and shoots same point at 60 yards”
“October 24th, 2009 at 9: 49 pm übung mein jung mach auch beat box seit 4 jahren lad blad parr videos hoch mit hanni alberto und ich”
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“(Again, for the uninitiated, a blad is just a small booklet of sample pages, usually in the exact trim size of the finished book.)”
“Raise the lawn mower blad to at least three inches.”
Lissa Coffey: Watching The World's Water Quality And Quantity
“~ Along with those edits, I was asked to revamp the manuscript into a 32-page blad book laid out and design.”
2008 February | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr
“Doubleday plans to send the blad out to various publicity outlets in advance of my October 2008 publication — a very good sign that the-powers-that-be are excited and supportive of my book.”
of queens and shamans | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr
“I remember going to Disneyland with my family and using a Shrek2 hat to help protect my blad dome and how many of the park employees themselves commented that they were looking forward to S2 hitting the theaters.”
“Garishly colored sidebars push deep into the body of the text, offering non sequiturs such as, “blad sic zippers Mothra back drop another million yen.””
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“Tiktaalik presents an intermediate condition where the dermal shoulder blad extends over more of the lateral face of the scapulocoracoid.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘blad’.
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Just 'cause I like 'em, B
bloviate, bejesus, brouhaha, behoove, bodacious, bamboozle, banshee, bub, bolus, blob, bubbly, bleb and 414 more...
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w8f's Words
chortle, shad, escapology, gonad, suspicious, brusque, shriek, panoply, vista, grizzly, gristle, grist and 48 more...
Tweets
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bilby bleecccchh + fad neologism. Jul 7, 2009
reesetee In the book publishing biz, this word describes a type of promotional material (taken from "blurb" + "ad"). Jul 6, 2009
strev indeed CB – the evil blad or blad the impaler does sound about right! Jun 22, 2009
chained_bear I will henceforth use it only in reference to an organ of the excretory system, or in mockery of a specific sadistic, evil torturer of the Middle Ages. Jun 22, 2009
strev and I thought it referred to a bladder. my blad. Jun 22, 2009
ellenw Means "blog ad." Seriously. Jun 22, 2009