Standard Lemma guide

blurt

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈblɜːt/
  • General-American: /ˈblɝt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
  • CMU ARPABET: B L ER1 T 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

utter impulsively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He blurted out the secret
  • He blundered his stupid ideas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blurt out, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise

History

Etymology

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