Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blud

/blʌd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: blud
IPA: /blʌd/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Informal address to a man.

British usage; Slang

pron

he or him

British usage; Humorous; Slang

noun

Obsolete spelling of blood.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"–Yeh, blud, safe, goes Ravi."
"Nowadays all of my shows sold out Headline tour, yeah blud, sold out"
"I heard your mixtape, blud it was garbage […] Blud, I don't know why you mentioned my name"
"what is blud waffling about"
"who invited blud"
"Blud was lost"

Etymology

Created in Multicultural London English, of Jamaican origin. Has since spread around England, and thence Anglosphere and online. Claimed to be, via eye dialect spelling, from Caribbean Creole blood (“family relation, close friend”) (compare blood brother). Possibly derived or reinforced from brother; compare bro, bruh, brudder etc.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bluds (plural)

Phrases

Diddy blud

Frequently Paired Words

bled

Homonyms

blood

Rhymes With

blood flood mud bud stud judd hud rudd dud what'd thud sud

Questions

How do you pronounce blud?: The recorded pronunciation is /blʌd/.
What does blud mean?: Informal address to a man.
Where does blud come from?: Created in Multicultural London English, of Jamaican origin. Has since spread around England, and thence Anglosphere and online. Claimed to be, via eye dialect spelling, from Caribbean Creole blood (“family relation, close friend”) (compare blood brother). Possibly derived or reinforced from brother; compare bro, bruh, brudder etc.

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