blurt

American  

[blurt] / blɜrt /

verb (used with object)

1. to utter suddenly or inadvertently; divulge impulsively or unadvisedly (usually followed byout ).

   He blurted out the hiding place of the spy.

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noun

1. an abrupt utterance.

blurt British  

/ blɜːt /

verb

1. to utter suddenly and involuntarily

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Etymology

Origin of blurt

First recorded in 1565–75; apparently imitative

Example Sentences

Every character blurts out exactly what they want with the gusto of belting out ba-ba-baaaah at a certain Neil Diamond chorus.

From Los Angeles Times

My mom called it a blurt laugh, and it was, but then it would go on for a while.

From Literature

We hear “the strangled ungulate blurt” of a distressed elk, “the ruminant crunch” of a grazing sheep.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the little boy in Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes” blurts out that the emperor is naked, he says what people already knew.

From The Wall Street Journal

He’s sort of like a chess player, unless he blurts something out.

From Salon

Related Words

• exclaim