blurb

[ blurb ]

/ blɜrb /

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noun

a brief advertisement or announcement, especially a laudatory one: She wrote a good blurb for her friend's novel.

verb (used with object)

to advertise or praise in the manner of a blurb.

Words nearby blurb

blunkett, blunt, blunt duct adenosis, blunthead, blur, blurb, blurry, blurt, blurt out, blush, blush wine

Origin of blurb

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; allegedly coined by F. G. Burgess

OTHER WORDS FROM blurb

blurb·ist, noun

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Examples from the Web for blurb

Even the patron saint of teenage girls, Judy Blume, is featured on the back cover with a blurb for the book.
Time to Grow Up, Lena Dunham|Emily Shire|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I first read the book in galleys some months ago; the finished edition carries a blurb from me on the back cover.
Who Was the Real Cato?|David Frum|December 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Shteyngart sat down with The Daily Beast to discuss the book, the art of the blurb, and, yes, teaching James Franco.
Hipster Novelist Gary Shteyngart on Mentoring James Franco|Gregory Gilderman, The Daily Beast Video|July 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
That first connection over a love of words convinced Goldstein to have her editor ask Pinker to blurb her next book.
Atheism's Soulful Philosopher|John Douglas Marshall|February 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Her first book, Poems, was published in 1944, with a blurb from Eliot, her editor at Faber.
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|November 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It—it's just the sort of thing we call a 'blurb,' Miss West!
Kenny|Leona Dalrymple
Herman had the wild thought that they were blurb writers whose jobs had gone to their heads.
Freudian Slip|Franklin Abel
Matson read that blurb in an official press release and laughed cynically.
Assassin|Jesse Franklin Bone
Front matter consisting of a blurb and a list of other publications by the author has been moved to the end of the text.
Storm Over Warlock|Andre Norton

British Dictionary definitions for blurb

blurb

/ (blɜːb) /

noun

a promotional description, as found on the jackets of books

Word Origin for blurb

C20: coined by Gelett Burgess (1866–1951), US humorist and illustrator

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blurb

noun

verb (used with object)

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British Dictionary definitions for blurb

noun

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