Blurt
[blɜːt] or [blɝt]
Definition
(v. t.) To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.
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Definition
v.t. to utter suddenly or unadvisedly (with out).—n. an abrupt outburst.—p.adj. Blurt′ing impulsively frank.
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Examples
- I don't know what to say, Mr. Holmes, he blurted out at last, with a very red face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Let me say I, then,' he returned, in answer to the coarsely blurted question; 'I doubt whether I have understood Louisa. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I knew nothing of all this till Granny blurted it out one day. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I blurted out at her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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