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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
blurt
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
▪ No-one should think twice about blurting out the whole story.
▪ Not what you happen to feel like blurting out.
▪ He remembered Myles in hospital blurting out something about prison.
▪ Now he just wants to hear the coach blurt out his name occasionally.
▪ Somehow, Agnes couldn't bring herself to blurt out a warning.
▪ The rapid fire of questions was deliberate, she knew, designed to scare her into blurting out the truth.
▪ Fancy me just blurting out about her, never thinking.
▪ I knew MacQuillan had engineered the scene because he hoped I would blurt out my resignation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Jackie blurted out that she was pregnant.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Flyte knew he would not be able to withstand the agony of lying to them again; he would blurt everything out.
▪ He appeared jumpy and ill at ease, ready to blurt something out at any moment.
▪ He remembered Myles in hospital blurting out something about prison.
▪ Kids are known for blurting something important out at unusual times.
▪ No-one should think twice about blurting out the whole story.
▪ Not what you happen to feel like blurting out.
▪ Now he just wants to hear the coach blurt out his name occasionally.
▪ Somehow, Agnes couldn't bring herself to blurt out a warning.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blurt

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.

Others . . . can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterward they are forced to eat.
--Hakewill.

To blurt at, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.]
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
blurt

1570s, probably echoic. Related: blurted; blurting. As a noun, 1570s, probably from the verb.

Wiktionary
blurt

vb. To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

WordNet
blurt

v. utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate]

Wikipedia
Blurt

Blurt is an English post-punk band, founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Blurt (magazine)

Blurt is a music print magazine and online outlet originally based in Carrboro, NC. The magazine was originally known as Harp Magazine for over 10 years and was considered one of the best music magazines of the decade in the early 2000s. After Harp folded in 2008, Blurt was founded by Harp owner Scott Crawford and based in Silver Spring, MD. Some of the main writers and editors for Harp are also with Blurt, including chief editor, Fred Mills.

Blurts tag line is "Real Music, Real Artists, Real Opinions". Blurt is a highly respected outlet within the music industry and has often been sited by critics and fans as the Mojo magazine of the United States. In early 2010, Blurt sold its assets to Second Motion Entertainment and the company moved to the label's home of Carrboro, NC. Second Motion Entertainment also owns the record label Second Motion Records who works with such artists as Australia's The Church, Bettie Serveert, Swervedriver, Parson Red Heads and Tommy Keene.

Although Blurt is updated daily with new music features, news and information it is also a print magazine that is distributed internationally and as of 2012 had 11 issues. Previous covers have been devoted to artists such as: Sonic Youth, The Avett Brothers, PJ Harvey and Wilco. The magazine also hosts an annual day party in Austin at the SXSW Music Festival at the Gingerman Pub.

Blurt magazine announced in February 2012 that it will be relocating its offices (along with Second Motion) to Raleigh, NC.

Blurt (album)

Blurt is the debut studio album by English post-punk band Blurt, released in 1982 by record label Red Flame.

It was reissued in 2009 by LTM Recordings as Blurt + Singles.

Usage examples of "blurt".

But blurt it out he did, to me, in front of witnesses, forcing me to take of official notice of itand that licked us.

And he blurts out things which make no sense, and he cannot explain why.

Hal blurted, but again Daniel held him in a grip that he could not shake off as the executioner walked slowly beneath the scaffold and out through the castle gates.

Lerner blurted involuntarily, his hand instinctively reaching for his phaser.

American blurted passionately, spitting a mouthful of blood and broken enamel onto the floor.

Forry blurted at Mary Ann, who had abandoned her phone and was standing, both fists to her mouth, her eyes popping in distress.

Baudoin blurted, his protest heralding echoes from other parts of the table.

If she bounced into the penthouse and blurted it out to Perrit, which she was certainly capable of, there was no way of telling how he might react.

Unfortunately, that is not the first bizarre thing he has blurted out.

On its face, it sounded like a macabre thing to say, especially when one blurted it out for no discernible reason.

Taylor blurted out the first thing that came to mind as she tried to stall him.

I saw at once that there would be no more blurting, and so did Cramer.

January 2, she called Detective Hadman at the Nineteenth Precinct, blurting out the details of the back-to-back incidents.

Sarah blurted, forgetting to address Missus Anna by her courtesy title.

Had Soli been there I might have blurted out my wild plan just to see the frown on his cold face.