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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Probably from the sound of sudden speech

blurt

 verb
     
blurt

blurt something ↔ out

phrasal verb
to say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are nervous or excited:
Peter blurted the news out before we could stop him.
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