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blurt

[ blurt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to utter suddenly or inadvertently; divulge impulsively or unadvisedly (usually followed by out ):

    He blurted out the hiding place of the spy.



noun

  1. an abrupt utterance.

blurt

/ ɜː /

verb

  1. troften foll byout to utter suddenly and involuntarily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blurt1

First recorded in 1565–75; apparently imitative
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blurt1

C16: probably of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

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The humor comes off like a wallflower at a party who is racing with so many awkward thoughts that when it’s finally time to speak, they blurt out something rude.

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“I can’t do this, Lucy. I don’t know how anybody can. I don’t know how James ever did!” he blurts in a resulting moment of crisis.

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So really, it's pretty much policy for the Trump administration to just blurt out classified information.

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When Piper tells her parents she intends to spend a year at the monastery she initially purported to simply be visiting, an astounded Victoria blurts, “You want to move to Taiwan?”

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"Villa might actually get relegated," one security guard outside the press room blurted out afterwards.

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