blurt

blurt

English

WOTD – 21 July 2006

Etymology

Possibly echoic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈblɜːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblɝt/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Verb

blurt (third-person singular simple present blurts, present participle blurting, simple past and past participle blurted)

1. To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

   Please think about your reply and don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.

Derived terms

• blurt out

Translations

to speak suddenly and unadvisedly

Bulgarian: издръ́нквам (bg) (izdrǎ́nkvam), изтъ́рсвам (bg) (iztǎ́rsvam) Catalan: etzibar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 脫口而出／脱口而出 (zh) (tuōkǒu'érchū), 走嘴 (zh) (zǒuzuǐ) Dutch: uitflappen (nl) Finnish: höläyttää, möläyttää (fi), töksäyttää (fi), täräyttää (fi) French: lâcher (fr), laisser échapper German: herausplatzen, ausquatschen, ausplappern (de) Italian: blaterare (it) Japanese: 口走る (くちばしる, kuchibashiru) Korean: 내뱉다 (ko) (naebaetda) Kyrgyz: айтып сал (ky) pf (aytıp sal), айтып кой (ky) pf (aytıp koy), Russian: сболтну́ть (ru) pf (sboltnútʹ), вы́палить (ru) pf (výpalitʹ), прогова́риваться (ru) impf (progovárivatʹsja), проговори́ться (ru) pf (progovorítʹsja), проба́лтываться (ru) impf (probáltyvatʹsja), проболта́ться (ru) pf (proboltátʹsja), бря́кнуть (ru) pf (brjáknutʹ) Spanish: soltar (es), espetar (es)

Noun

blurt (plural blurts)

1. An abrupt outburst.