List of Cebuano words starting with the letter B - Page 140

n. block voting; v. engage in block voting.

n. 1. game of blackjack; 2. blackjack in cards; v. 1. play blackjack; 2. get blackjack. Nakablakdyak ku, I got a blackjack; 3. for cards to be blackjack.

n. spades in cards. Ilábay ang blakhart nga alas, Discard the ace of spades.

v. 1. blocking in games. Dì ku makabláking sa íyang kúmù kay hilabihang kusúga, I couldn’t block his blows because they were so fast; 2. block the progress of something Giblakíngan ang ákung apuyíntmint sa mayur, The mayor blocked my appointment.

n. black market; v. sell something on the black market.

blackmail

n. blackmail; v. blackmail someone

n. way of playing rummy in which one can meld all the sets of cards at once; v. go ‘block rummy’.

n. the combination of an ace and ten in blackjack, sometimes given higher value than other combinations totalling twenty-one; v. make an ace-ten combination.

blank

n. indention

n. fly-leaf

a. blank, empty. Daghan kag blangku. Malagmit kang mahagbung, You left lots of blanks. You’ll probably fail. Blangkug nawung, Blank-faced. Butangi ang blangku sa hustung tubag, Put the right answer in the blank; v. leave a blank. Blangkúhi lang ang pangutánang wà nímu hikamahui, Leave the questions you don’t know blank.

n. something false said to make someone act in a desired way. Ang búnus nga gitahù blap lang, The bonus he kept talking about was all a hoax; v. make someone believe something to obtain compliance. Blapun nátù siyang wà tay kwarta, Let’s hoax her into thinking that we don’t have any more money.

n. 1. blotting paper; 2. a police blotter. Naintra na sa blátir ang ímung kásu, Your case has been entered in the police blotter; v. 1. enter in the police blotter. Iblátir nákù ang inyung mga ngálan, I’ll enter your names into the police blotter; 2. blot something.

see blúsa.

n. razor blade.

v. bleed. Gablid ákung samad, My wound is bleeding. -ing(←) v. have bleeding after an operation or delivery. Nagblíding ang íyang upirasyun sa paglíhuk níya, He bled where he had been operated when he moved.

v. bleach one’s skin or hair.

a. blue in color; v. become, make something blue.