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blurt

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blurt  (blûrt)
tr.v. blurt·ed, blurt·ing, blurts
To utter suddenly and impulsively: blurt a confession.

[Probably imitative.]

blurter n.

blurt [blɜːt]
vb
(tr; often foll by out) to utter suddenly and involuntarily
[probably of imitative origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.blurt - utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas"
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

blurt
verb
blurt something out tell, reveal, give away, cry, exclaim, leak, spill, disclose, come out with, let out, spout (informal), babble, divulge, let slip, blab, utter suddenly Over the food, Richard blurted out what was on his mind.
Translations
blurt [blɜːt] VT to blurt out [+ secret] → dejar escapar; [+ whole story] → contar de buenas a primeras

blurt (out)
vt sepherausplatzen mit (inf)

blurt [blɜːt] vt (also blurt out) → spifferare
blurt [blɜːt] vt (also blurt out) → spifferare

blurt [bləːt]
to say (something) suddenly He blurted out the whole story. blaker يُفْشي سِرّا، يَقولُ فَجْأَةً издрънквам vyžvanit, vyhrknout buse ud med; røbe ausschwatzen ξεστομίζω, ξεφουρνίζω (μτφ.) soltar, desembuchar välja pahvatama نسنجیده گفتن؛ از دهان پریدن möläyttää lâcher לִפְלוֹט बिना सोचे-समझे बोलना izbrbljati kifecseg mengatakan dengan tiba-tiba missa út úr sér spifferare, spiattellare 出し抜けに言う 불쑥 말하다 išplepėti, išpyškinti izpļāpāt dengan tiba-tiba eruit flappen plumpe ut med wypaplać falar apressadamente a lăsa să-i scape выболтать, выложить vytárať na lepem povedati izbrbljati slänga, (häva, vräka) ur sig พูดโพล่งออกมา söyleyivermek, yumurtlamak 脫口而出 бовкнути بھٹ پڑنا ، بے سوچے سمجھے کہہ دینا thốt ra


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The case is this: you ought to have thought the matter over and taken advice; but no, you go and blurt it all straight out before the officers.
You see what an effect your heedless speech has had; you ought to have been more considerate than to blurt out such a cruel piece of slander as that.
The curate and the barber listened with great amusement to the words of the three; but Don Quixote, uneasy lest Sancho should blab and blurt out a whole heap of mischievous stupidities, and touch upon points that might not be altogether to his credit, called to him and made the other two hold their tongues and let him come in.
 
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