blurt

Blurt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blurting.]

Etymology: [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 forced to eat. Hakewill. To blurt at, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.] Shak.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for blurt; he lists it under babble.

Where he writes about it:

Blab and blurt (commonly blurt out) refer to the letting out of what the lips can no longer keep in; blab, of a secret; blurt out, of passionate feeling. — from babble

Synonyms

babble blab blurt out cackle chat chatter gabble gossip jabber murmur palaver prate prattle tattle twaddle

Antonyms

none given

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