noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈblɜːt/
General-American:/ˈblɝt/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An abrupt outburst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Please think about your reply and don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jerk
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To spurt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Possibly imitative, or possibly an alteration of Middle English blurden (“to wail, cry out, threaten”), or possibly from Middle English *blerten, *blarten, *blorten, from Old English *blǣrettan, a frequentative or emphatic form of *blǣran (“to blear, bellow, roar”). If so, equivalent to blear + -t.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
quşlamaq
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Bulgarian:
издръ́нквам
(izdrǎ́nkvam)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Bulgarian:
изтъ́рсвам
(iztǎ́rsvam)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Catalan:
etzibar
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Chinese Mandarin:
脫口而出 /脱口而出
(tuōkǒu'érchū)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Chinese Mandarin:
走嘴
(zǒuzuǐ)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Dutch:
uitflappen
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Finnish:
höläyttää
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Finnish:
möläyttää
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Finnish:
töksäyttää
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Finnish:
täräyttää
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
French:
lâcher
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
French:
laisser échapper
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
German:
herausplatzen
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
German:
ausquatschen
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
German:
ausplappern
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
German:
raushauen
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Italian:
blaterare
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Japanese:
口走る
(kuchibashiru)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Korean:
내뱉다
(naebaetda)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Kyrgyz:
айтып сал
(aytıp sal)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Kyrgyz:
айтып кой
(aytıp koy)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Russian:
сболтну́ть
(sboltnútʹ)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Russian:
вы́палить
(výpalitʹ)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Russian:
прогова́риваться
(progovárivatʹsja)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Russian:
проговори́ться
(progovorítʹsja)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Russian:
проба́лтываться
(probáltyvatʹsja)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Russian:
проболта́ться
(proboltátʹsja)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Russian:
бря́кнуть
(brjáknutʹ)
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Spanish:
soltar
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Spanish:
espetar
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly
Spanish:
encasquetar
— to speak suddenly and unadvisedly