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.
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.
Meanings
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
Please think about your reply and don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.
"Who are you?!" he blurted into the woman's palm, and she shook it off in obvious disgust, wiping spittle onto his D-class uniform. 2023 September 30, HarryBlank, “Meeting in the Middle”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
(informal, uncommon) To spurt.
the sound of rusty water blurting from the faucet in the kitchen 2000, Kim Addonizio, “Like That”, in Tell Me:
Blurted tea onto the monitor at FAL being "satisfying" and Brine's reaction . . . 2016 December 11, steveski, “Poss. soiler for Sun. 11.12.16”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet):
fr lâcher (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · fi möläyttää (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ru вы́палить (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · de ausplappern (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ko 내뱉다 (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · de raushauen (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ru проба́лтываться (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · fi töksäyttää (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · de herausplatzen (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ru бря́кнуть (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · es soltar (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · es encasquetar (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ru прогова́риваться (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · de ausquatschen (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · cmn 脫口而出 /脱口而出 (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · nl uitflappen (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ca etzibar (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · bg изтъ́рсвам (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ru проболта́ться (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ru проговори́ться (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · fi höläyttää (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · az quşlamaq (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ky айтып кой (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · fi täräyttää (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · it blaterare (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ru сболтну́ть (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ky айтып сал (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · cmn 走嘴 (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · ja 口走る (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · es espetar (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · bg издръ́нквам (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) · fr laisser échapper (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly)