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bloat

/bloʊt/ noun C2
  1. Distention of the abdomen from death. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Wasteful use of space or other resources. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
  4. A worthless, dissipated fellow. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)
  5. A group of hippopotamuses. (countable, uncountable)

Plural bloats

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