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blurt

UK/ˈblɜːt/ US/ˈblɝt/ uncommon informal

verb

1.

utter impulsively

  • “He blurted out the secret”
  • “He blundered his stupid ideas”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • blurt out

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