Meanings
present singular third person blurts · participle present blurting · participle past blurted · past blurted
- [chiefly with out] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately.
Please think about your reply and don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.
1 more example
"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 2024Synonyms: blurt out
- informaluncommonTo spurt.
the sound of rusty water blurting from the faucet in the kitchen
2000, Kim Addonizio, “Like That”, in Tell Me1 more example
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)
Synonyms & antonyms
verb[chiefly with out] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old English*blǣrettan
- Middle English*blerten
- Middle Englishblurden“to wail, cry out, threaten”
- Englishblurt
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian издръ́нквам, изтъ́рсвам
- издръ́нквам (izdrắnkvam)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- изтъ́рсвам (iztắrsvam)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Catalan etzibar
- etzibarto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Chinese Mandarin 脫口而出 /脱口而出, 走嘴
- 脫口而出 /脱口而出 (tuōkǒu'érchū)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- 走嘴 (zǒuzuǐ)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Dutch uitflappen
- uitflappento speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Finnish höläyttää, möläyttää
- höläyttääto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- möläyttääto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- töksäyttääto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- täräyttääto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
French lâcher, laisser échapper
- lâcherto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- laisser échapperto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
German herausplatzen, ausquatschen
- herausplatzento speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- ausquatschento speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- ausplappernto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- raushauento speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Italian blaterare
- blaterareto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Japanese 口走る
- 口走る (kuchibashiru)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Korean 내뱉다
- 내뱉다 (naebaetda)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Russian сболтну́ть, вы́палить
- сболтну́ть (sboltnútʹ)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- вы́палить (výpalitʹ)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- прогова́риваться (progovárivatʹsja)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- проговори́ться (progovorítʹsja)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- проба́лтываться (probáltyvatʹsja)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- проболта́ться (proboltátʹsja)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- бря́кнуть (brjáknutʹ)to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Spanish soltar, espetar
- soltarto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- espetarto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
- encasquetarto speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blurt
Cite this entry
blurt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blurt
“blurt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blurt. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blurt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blurt.
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