Bloat

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /bləʊt/
• GenAm IPA: /bloÊŠt/
• Rhymes: -əʊt

Origin

Perhaps from Old Norse blautr ("soft")

bloat in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary

, akin to Danish blød and German bloß ("nude")

Cognates in

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Full definition of bloat

Verb

1. to cause to become distended
2. to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
3. (intransitive) to become distended; to swell up
4. to fill with vanity or conceit
5. to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smokingbloated herring

Noun

1. distention of the abdomen from death
2. (figurative) wasteful use of spaceAdding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
3. (derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

Adjective

1. (obsolete) bloated1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Chapter Act 3, Scene 4. The Queen's Closet., Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed