blurt

WOTD – 21 July 2006    

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /blɜːt/
• (US) IPA: /blɝrt/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)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.

Translations

to speak suddenly and unadvisedly

• Bulgarian: издрънквам (bg) (izdrǎnkvam), изтърсвам (bg) (iztǎrsvam)
• Dutch: uitflappen (nl)
• Finnish: möläyttää (fi), töksäyttää (fi), täräyttää (fi), tokaista (fi)
• French: divulguer (fr)

• German: herausplatzen (de)
• Russian: сболтнуть (ru) (sboltnutʹ), выпалить (ru) (vypalitʹ), проговориться (ru) (progovoritʹsja), проговариваться (ru) (progovarivatʹsja), (partly) выдавать (ru) (vydavatʹ)