: digestive disturbance of ruminant animals and especially cattle marked by accumulation of gas in one or more stomach compartments
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: a condition of large dogs marked by distension and usually life-threatening rotation of the stomach
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Verb
The speaker of the House of Lords issued a warning that Mr. Johnson was going to bloat Parliament’s unelected upper chamber by appointing a wide cast of donors and friends. Max Colchester, WSJ, 27 July 2022 However, if a team acquires players through certain salary-cap exceptions or in sign-and-trade transactions, both of which tend to bloat the salary structure in the players’ favor, then a hard cap can result. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2022 As is often the case, the scale of the obsession (as well as the responding compulsions) can bloat and expand over time. Sadhbh O'sullivan, refinery29.com, 15 Oct. 2021 But that was four years ago, so inflation should bloat those projections a little. Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 11 June 2021 The compromised hermetic seal may affect can integrity and may cause the cans to leak, bloat or allow bacteria to grow inside the product which could lead to serious illness. Mike Wehner, BGR, 18 May 2021 Apple’s macOS does tend to produce a lot of log files and system caches that can bloat and take up a lot of storage space. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021 Timothy has claimed to federal agents and a grand jury that Williams, through Burdett, pressured him to bloat the business write-offs. Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021 At the center of the government’s case is an allegation that Williams, through Burdett, ordered the tax preparer to bloat Williams' business deductions by more than $700,000 over five years, reducing his tax liability by about $200,000. John Simerman, NOLA.com, 25 Nov. 2020
Noun
The bloat was especially severe on Coinbase’s customer-service team.New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 The mummy pages and forums were all inundated with tips and tricks to lose the bloat, the pouch, and all the weight gain that comes with carrying life for approximately nine or so months. Melania Luisa Marte, refinery29.com, 31 July 2022 The additional code from legacy software bloat—or tech debt—gives hackers more entry points into a software program. Liran Tancman, Forbes, 12 July 2022 Continually thwarted from giving his character anything resembling an inner life, Butler’s Presley threatens to get lost in an engulfing spectacle of bloat, sweat and adoring girls’ tears. Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 In these days of information overload and content bloat, that advice is more important than ever. Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 The outcome is inventory bloat: pallets and pallets of products that are hard to sell and expensive to store. Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 10 June 2022 Foods that are rich in calcium, magnesium and potassium also reduce belly bloat by balancing out sodium. Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2022 Talib advises avoiding typical probiotic-rich foods such as kefir and kimchi because dairy is very irritating and the later causes bloat. Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes, 6 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English blout, blote soft, pliable, from Old Norse blautr soft, weak; akin to Old English blēat miserable