blurt

English

WOTD – 21 July 2006

Etymology

Possibly echoic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɜːt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈblɝt/

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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: издръ̀нквам (bg) (izdrǎ̀nkvam), изтъ̀рсвам (bg) (iztǎ̀rsvam)
• Catalan: etzibar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脫口而出／脱口而出 (zh), 脱口而出 (zh) (tuōkǒu'érchū), 走嘴 (zh) (zǒuzuǐ)

• Dutch: uitflappen (nl)
• Finnish: möläyttää (fi), töksäyttää (fi), täräyttää (fi), tokaista (fi)
• French: lâcher (fr), laisser échapper
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• German: herausplatzen, ausquatschen, ausplappern
• Italian: blaterare (it)
• Japanese: 口走る (くちばしる, kuchibashiru)
• Korean: 내뱉다 (ko) (naebaetda)
• Kyrgyz: айтып сал (ky) pf (aytıp sal), айтып кой (ky) pf (aytıp koy),
• Russian: сболтну́ть (ru) pf (sboltnútʹ), вы́палить (ru) pf (výpalitʹ), прогова́риваться (ru) impf (progovárivatʹsja), проговори́ться (ru) pf (progovorítʹsja), проба́лтываться (ru) impf (probáltyvatʹsja), проболта́ться (ru) pf (proboltátʹsja), бря́кнуть (ru) pf (brjáknutʹ)
• Spanish: soltar (es), espetar (es)

Noun

blurt (plural blurts)

1. An abrupt outburst.