blurted
1 definition found
blurted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Blurt \Blurt\ (bl[^u]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Blurting.] [Cf. Blare.]
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge
inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.
[1913 Webster]
Others . . . can not hold, but blurt out, those words
which afterward they are forced to eat. --Hakewill.
[1913 Webster]
To blurt at, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
|