blurting
blurting is the present participle and gerund of blurt.
Meaning of blurt
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.
- Synonyms:
- jerk
- To spurt.
- the sound of rusty water blurting from the faucet in the kitchen2000, Kim Addonizio, “Like That”, in Tell Me
Noun
blurting (plural blurtings)
- Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
- The school often has far more information than parents realise, e.g. from the blurtings of the child and his peers, the behaviour of the parents, and what the school bus driver has seen.2012, Jonathan O.H. Williams, Peter D. Hill, A Handbook for the Assessment of Children's Behaviours, page 371
Forms of blurting
| plural | blurtings |
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Phrases with blurting
Questions about blurting
- What does blurting mean?
- Blurting means something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
- What is blurting the present participle and gerund of?
- Blurting is the present participle and gerund of blurt.
- What part of speech is blurting?
- Blurting is a noun.
- What is the plural of blurting?
- The plural of blurting is blurtings.
Words near blurting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: blurting (page history and authors); blurt (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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