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blurt
[blurt] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to utter suddenly or inadvertently; divulge impulsively or unadvisedly (usually fol. by out): He blurted out the hiding place of the spy. |
–noun
| 2. | an abrupt utterance. |
Origin:
1565–75; appar. imit.
1565–75; appar. imit.
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| blurt (blûrt) tr.v. blurt·ed, blurt·ing, blurts To utter suddenly and impulsively: blurt a confession. [Probably imitative.] blurt'er n. |
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Blurt
Blurt\ (bl[^u]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blurting.] [Cf. Blare.] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out. Others . . . can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterward they forced to eat. --Hakewill. To blurt at, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Language Translation for : blurt
Spanish:
soltar, desembuchar,
German:
ausschwatzen,
Japanese:
出し抜けに言う
blurt
1573, probably echoic.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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