Definition of Blurt

1. Verb. Utter impulsively. "They blurt that there was a traffic accident "; "He blundered his stupid ideas"

Exact synonyms: Blunder, Blunder Out, Blurt Out, Ejaculate
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Ejaculation, Ejaculator

Definition of Blurt

1. v. t. To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.

Definition of Blurt

1. Verb. To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blurt

1. to speak abruptly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blurt

blurbists
blurbs
blurred
blurredly
blurredness
blurrier
blurriest
blurrily
blurriness
blurrinesses
blurring
blurringly
blurry
blurs
blurse
blurt out
blurted
blurter
blurters
blurting
blurtings
blurts
blush
blush is off the peach
blush is off the rose
blush wine
blushed
blusher
blushers

Literary usage of Blurt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"... blurt, I., i. 1776. Cant. Sterne's Sent. Jour., zit). That every convivial assistant should go home ..."

2. Specimens of the Elizabethan Drama from Lyly to Shirley, A.D. 1580-A.D. 1642 by William Henry Williams (1905)
"When he chooses, as in blurt, Master Constable, he can write romantic poetry, ... A. blurt, MASTER-CONSTABLE ACT III, Sc. I. Hippolito and Camillo, ..."

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