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blurt

 (blûrt)
tr.v. blurt·ed, blurt·ing, blurts
To utter suddenly and impulsively: blurt a confession.
[Probably imitative.]
blurt′er n.
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blurt

(blɜːt)
vb
(often foll by: out) to utter suddenly and involuntarily
[C16: probably of imitative origin]
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blurt

(blɜrt)
v.t.
to utter suddenly and impulsively or inadvertently (usu. fol. by out).
[1565–75; appar. imitative]
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blurt


Past participle: blurted
Gerund: blurting

Imperative
blurt
blurt
Present
I blurt
you blurt
he/she/it blurts
we blurt
you blurt
they blurt
Preterite
I blurted
you blurted
he/she/it blurted
we blurted
you blurted
they blurted
Present Continuous
I am blurting
you are blurting
he/she/it is blurting
we are blurting
you are blurting
they are blurting
Present Perfect
I have blurted
you have blurted
he/she/it has blurted
we have blurted
you have blurted
they have blurted
Past Continuous
I was blurting
you were blurting
he/she/it was blurting
we were blurting
you were blurting
they were blurting
Past Perfect
I had blurted
you had blurted
he/she/it had blurted
we had blurted
you had blurted
they had blurted
Future
I will blurt
you will blurt
he/she/it will blurt
we will blurt
you will blurt
they will blurt
Future Perfect
I will have blurted
you will have blurted
he/she/it will have blurted
we will have blurted
you will have blurted
they will have blurted
Future Continuous
I will be blurting
you will be blurting
he/she/it will be blurting
we will be blurting
you will be blurting
they will be blurting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blurting
you have been blurting
he/she/it has been blurting
we have been blurting
you have been blurting
they have been blurting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blurting
you will have been blurting
he/she/it will have been blurting
we will have been blurting
you will have been blurting
they will have been blurting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blurting
you had been blurting
he/she/it had been blurting
we had been blurting
you had been blurting
they had been blurting
Conditional
I would blurt
you would blurt
he/she/it would blurt
we would blurt
you would blurt
they would blurt
Past Conditional
I would have blurted
you would have blurted
he/she/it would have blurted
we would have blurted
you would have blurted
they would have blurted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.blurt - utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas"
blunder out, blurt out, ejaculate, blunder
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

blurt

verb
To speak suddenly or sharply, as from surprise or emotion.Also used with out:
burst out, cry (out), ejaculate, exclaim, rap out.
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Translations
يُفْشي سِرّا، يَقولُ فَجْأَةً
vyhrknoutvyžvanit
buse ud medrøbe
missa út úr sér
išplepėtiišpyškinti
izpļāpāt
söyleyivermekyumurtlamak

blurt

[blɜːt] VT to blurt out [+ secret] → dejar escapar; [+ whole story] → contar de buenas a primeras
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blurt (out)

vt sep → herausplatzen mit (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blurt

[blɜːt] vt (also blurt out) → spifferare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

blurt

(bləːt) : blurt out
to say (something) suddenly. He blurted out the whole story.
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He paused, he stammered, he caught his breath between the words, and he blurted out in little blunt phrases all the hopes of his heart.
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"I wish I were a woman so as to tell you how preposterously insane and impossible it is," he blurted out.
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"Ponta, of course," Lottie blurted out her hurt, as though there could be any question of it even for an instant.
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At last, one afternoon, she arrived very late, with her face so desperately pale and her eyes so desperately red, that Raoul resolved to go to all lengths, including that which he foreshadowed when he blurted out that he would not go on the North Pole expedition unless she first told him the secret of the man's voice.
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"I've got a couple of sovereigns on me if you're hard up," he blurted out.
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