Blurt
//ˈblɜːt// noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An abrupt outburst.
Verb
- 1 To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
"Please think about your reply and don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind."
- 2 utter impulsively wordnet
- 3 To spurt. informal, uncommon
"the sound of rusty water blurting from the faucet in the kitchen"
Example
More examples"It was the sort of weird car that made me want to blurt out, "what the heck is that?""
Etymology
Possibly imitative, or possibly an alteration of Middle English blurden (“to wail, cry out, threaten”), or possibly from Middle English *blerten, *blarten, *blorten, from Old English *blǣrettan, a frequentative or emphatic form of *blǣran (“to blear, bellow, roar”). If so, equivalent to blear + -t.
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