BLOAT
What does "BLOAT" mean?
To swell or cause to swell with fluid, gas, or excess.
Meanings
- To become swollen or distended, especially with gas or liquid. Beans tend to make me bloat after lunch.
- A feeling or condition of being swollen and overfull. The salty meal left her with uncomfortable bloat.
- Unnecessary excess, especially software features that waste space or speed. Each update added more bloat until the app barely opened. informal
- A dangerous swelling of the stomach with gas in cattle or dogs. The vet treated the dog for bloat overnight. technical
Word origin
From Middle English 'blout' (soft, flabby), likely from Old Norse 'blautr' meaning soft or soaked; the modern sense of swelling emerged by the 17th century.
Remember it
BLOAT floats a fat O right in the middle - the letter swells like the belly it describes.
A little poem
The feast was grand, the gut now pays the fee:
a tide came in, and will not let me free.
couplet
Wordplay
- My software and my stomach have the same problem after the holidays - too many features I never asked for and can't get rid of.
What it teaches
Growth that only adds weight is not progress - it is the slow forgetting of what you were for.
Quick facts
What does BLOAT mean?
To swell or cause to swell with fluid, gas, or excess.
Is BLOAT a valid word?
Yes — BLOAT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BLOAT?
BLOAT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BLOAT come from?
From Middle English 'blout' (soft, flabby), likely from Old Norse 'blautr' meaning soft or soaked; the modern sense of swelling emerged by the 17th century.
What can BLOAT teach us?
Growth that only adds weight is not progress - it is the slow forgetting of what you were for.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.