blurt

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. utter impulsively“He blurted out the secret”“He blundered his stupid ideas”Synonyms: blurt outblunder outblunderejaculate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Blurt \Blurt\ (bl[^u]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blurting.] [Cf. Blare.] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out. [1913 Webster]

Others . . . can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterward they are forced to eat. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]

To blurt at, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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