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blurt

v.
US //ˈbɫɝt// UK //blˈɜːt// blurt Informal
Origin

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.

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