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Definition of Blunder out
1. Verb. Utter impulsively. "They blunder out that there was a traffic accident "; "He blundered his stupid ideas"
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Ejaculation, Ejaculator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blunder Out
Literary usage of Blunder out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"To blunder out a speech, to bring it out hastily with a spluttering noise. ...
to blurt or blunder out something.—Küttner. See Blurt, Blunt, Bodge. ..."
2. Christian Ludwig's Complete Dictionary: English and German, and German and by Christian Ludovici, Johann Bartholomaeus Rogler (1808)
"... to burst out, blunt out* blunder out. " фо! ... t" blunder out, blunt «u! ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1901)
"Whatever muddle Bill blundered into, I believe she would blunder out of it again
not one bit the worse.” The day that Bill went in search of the right of ..."
4. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... must ery out, " No, grandpapa, mother made it with marrow and bergamot " ?
If any thing happened which I was not to mention, I was sure to blunder out ..."
5. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"Ci!c:; —nehmen, to take liberties; —placen, en (aux. feint mit..., to utter
suddenly and incautiously, to burst or pop out with, to blurt or blunder out; ..."
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