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blurt

[ blurt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to utter suddenly or inadvertently; divulge impulsively or unadvisedly (usually followed by out ):
He blurted out the hiding place of the spy.

blurt

/ blɜːt /

Origin of blurt¹

First recorded in 1565–75; apparently imitative

Origin of blurt¹

C16: probably of imitative origin

But as soon as I see her it seems ridiculous to blurt out a speech like that the first thing.

I should just blurt it out and then flee like what's-a-name—the messenger that came to Jehu.

A man would blurt it out, and then I would know where I am at.

Demoralized, unstrung, they would blurt out the truth and so convict themselves.

Sometimes he thought that it would be more endurable to blurt out the truth and go into banishment.

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