单词 | blurt |
释义 | blurt (once / 2117 pages) v If you blurt something out, you're speaking abruptly and without thinking about what you're saying. Usually, when you blurt something, you end up regretting it. Saying something without considering your words can end up making you feel stupid or hurting someone's feelings — just imagine what might happen if you were to blurt out what you really think about your grandmother's cooking. The best thing about the word blurt is that it's onomatopoeic, or a word that sounds exactly like what it means. WORD FAMILYblurt: blurted, blurting, blurts USAGE EXAMPLESAs with everything Trump blurts, the details and motives are murky. Salon(Dec 27, 2016) After trying and trying, and with her discouraging me from trying, she casually just blurts it out one evening. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) He blurted an expletive and rewound the play he had just watched three, four, five times. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) v utter impulsively He blurted out the secret Syn|Hyper blunder, blunder out, blurt out, ejaculate mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech |
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