blurt
/ˈblɜːt//ˈblɝt/
blurt verb: to utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
Verb
blurt (third-person singular simple present blurts, present participle blurting, simple past and past participle blurted)
- 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.
- "Who are you?!" he blurted into the woman's palm, and she shook it off in obvious disgust, wiping spittle onto his D-class uniform.2023 September 30, HarryBlank, “Meeting in the Middle”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024
- Synonyms:
- jerk
- To spurt.
- the sound of rusty water blurting from the faucet in the kitchen2000, Kim Addonizio, “Like That”, in Tell Me
- Blurted tea onto the monitor at FAL being "satisfying" and Brine's reaction . . .2016 December 11, steveski, “Poss. soiler for Sun. 11.12.16”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet)
Noun
blurt (plural blurts)
blurt meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
blurt in Urdu
- blurt
- اچانک بول اٹھنا ačānak bol uṭḥnā
blurt in Bengali
- হঠাৎ বলে ফেলা
blurt in Malayalam
- വിചാരമില്ലാതെ സംസാരിക്കുക
blurt in Kannada
- ಹೇಳಿಬಿಡು, ಒದರಿಬಿಡು, ಮಾತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿ ಬಿಡು
Examples of blurt in a sentence
- When in court, it is inadvisable to blurt out the first thing you think of. Instead, take time to construct coherent sentences.
- Devine who wrote the Devine candlestick formula?” I blurted, not thinking it could be true.
- Then he blurted out: "Blime, choom, y' must 've 'ad a fair ——— of a 'ome-life!"'
Synonyms of blurt
Forms of blurt
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | blurts |
| present participle | blurting |
| past participle | blurted |
| past | blurted |
| Noun | |
| plural | blurts |
Origin of blurt
Possibly imitative, or possibly an alteration of Middle English blurden (“to wail, cry out, threaten”), or possibly from Middle English *blerten, *blarten, *blorten, from Old English *blǣrettan, a frequentative or emphatic form of *blǣran (“to blear, bellow, roar”). If so, equivalent to blear + -t.
Words formed from blurt
Words that rhyme with blurt
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pervert
- advert
- alert
- divert
- inert
- avert
- concert
- deconvert
- girt
- lirt
- shirt
- spurt
- subvert
- vert
- wort
- chert
- curt
- desert
- dessert
- exert
- introvert
- Leaving Cert
- overt
- red alert
- sturt
- wert
- ambivert
- ambiverts
- apert
- Baie Verte
- begirt
- BERT
- birt
- dissert
- extrovert
- gert
- gurt
- insert
- Kurt
- pirate shirt
- poet shirt
- puffball skirt
- quirt
- reassert
- smirt
- unalert
- unhurt
- wedding shirt
Questions about blurt
- What does blurt mean?
- Blurt means to utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
- What is blurt in Urdu?
- Blurt in Urdu is اچانک بول اٹھنا (ačānak bol uṭḥnā). See Blurt meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is blurt?
- Blurt can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce blurt?
- Blurt is pronounced /ˈblɜːt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of blurt?
- The past tense of blurt is blurted.
Words near blurt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blurt (page history and authors); اچانک بول اٹھنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); blurt (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blurt (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blurt (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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