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blurt
[ blurt ]
verb (used with object)
- to utter suddenly or inadvertently; divulge impulsively or unadvisedly (usually followed by out ):
He blurted out the hiding place of the spy.
noun
- an abrupt utterance.
blurt
/ ɜː /
verb
- troften foll byout to utter suddenly and involuntarily
Word History and Origins
Origin of blurt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of blurt1
Example Sentences
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.
“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.
So really, it's pretty much policy for the Trump administration to just blurt out classified information.
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?”
"Villa might actually get relegated," one security guard outside the press room blurted out afterwards.
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