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blurt

[ blurt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to utter suddenly or inadvertently; divulge impulsively or unadvisedly (usually followed by out ):

    He blurted out the hiding place of the spy.



noun

  1. an abrupt utterance.

blurt

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verb

  1. troften foll byout to utter suddenly and involuntarily
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blurt1

First recorded in 1565–75; apparently imitative
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blurt1

C16: probably of imitative origin
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“I can’t do this, Lucy. I don’t know how anybody can. I don’t know how James ever did!†he blurts in a resulting moment of crisis.

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So really, it's pretty much policy for the Trump administration to just blurt out classified information.

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When Piper tells her parents she intends to spend a year at the monastery she initially purported to simply be visiting, an astounded Victoria blurts, “You want to move to Taiwan?â€

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"Villa might actually get relegated," one security guard outside the press room blurted out afterwards.

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About a decade ago, I was inexplicably talking about my love of fennel with a room full of people at a gender reveal party when one of the partygoers then blurted out “I hate finocchio!â€

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