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# blurt

«blurt» in Mova's school dictionary: **To say something suddenly, without thinking first, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (blurt, blurts, blurted, blurting) — usually "blurt out"

### meaning for a pupil

To say something suddenly, without thinking first, often something you should have kept secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blurt/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories and everyday life when someone speaks too quickly: they blurt out the answer or a secret. It tells the reader the words came out without control. In class, blurting out answers means not putting your hand up. Phrases: blurt out, blurt out the answer, blurt out a secret.

### examples

- Tom blurted out the answer before the teacher finished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blurt/#x1)
- She blurted out the secret about the surprise party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blurt/#x2)
- "I broke it!" he blurted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blurt/#x3)
- Try not to blurt out; put your hand up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blurt/#x4)
- I blurted out the first thing that came into my head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blurt/#x5)
- He blurted out that he was scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blurt/#x6)
- Oops, I blurted out the ending of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blurt/#x7)

### note

Usually used with "out". Regular verb: blurted. Similar: burst out, let slip. Blurting is not lying; it is saying things too quickly.

### In the corpora

- [Many traditions treat a lie blurted out in panic differently from a planned deception; the vicar says Scripture leaves some mystery here.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blurt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blurt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.