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Blurt   Listen
verb
Blurt  v. t.  (past & past part. blurted; pres. part. blurting)  To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; commonly with out. "Others... can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterward they are forced to eat."
To blurt at, to speak contemptuously of. (Obs.)






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"Blurt" Quotes from Famous Books



... to me," said Lord Hastings. "When I first saw you aboard that German vessel I was fearful for a minute that you would recognize me and blurt it ...
— The Boy Allies at Jutland • Robert L. Drake

... you give me, then, if I 'll blurt it out?" asked Adrian, shuffling along sidewise, so that he might face ...
— The Lady Paramount • Henry Harland

... come quite as before. He called frequently upon Mona, with whom he was exceedingly careful to avoid all reference to Powart, for fear he might blurt out the truth. The girl told him that he still had a lot of time to make good; she would not marry, she said, until after all danger from Alma was past. He ...
— The Devolutionist and The Emancipatrix • Homer Eon Flint

... Deb rated the dismayed child, "to blurt it out like that. Never mind, father, it's all right. She has fainted, but she'll soon come round. Go and get a smelling-bottle, somebody. Tell Keziah to bring a little brandy—don't speak to ...
— Sisters • Ada Cambridge



Words linked to "Blurt" :   blurt out, speak, verbalize, blunder out, ejaculate, mouth



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