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blurbed

blurbed is the simple past and past participle of blurb.

Meaning of blurb

Verb

blurb (third-person singular simple present blurbs, present participle blurbing, simple past and past participle blurbed)

  1. (transitive) To write or quote in a blurb.
    • When Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald blogged about having seen and loved “The Departed” in Toronto in a supposedly private screening last fall, Warner Brothers “scolded me very strongly,” he said, “but they still blurbed a line from my blog in their opening ad.”2007 July 4, David M. Halbfinger, “Appearing Way Before the Film: The Review”, in New York Times
  2. (transitive) To supply with a blurb.
    • The unseemly business of book blurbing has been source of both humor and concern in the pages of The New Yorker.2012 April 17, Jon Michaud, “Blurb This!”, in The New Yorker

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Questions about blurbed

What is blurbed the simple past and past participle of?
Blurbed is the simple past and past participle of blurb.

Words near blurbed in the dictionary

  1. blur the lines
  2. BluRay
  3. blurb
  4. blurbable
  5. blurbage
  6. blurbed
  7. blurbee
  8. blurbees
  9. blurber
  10. blurbers
  11. blurbification

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