BLURT
Etymology
Possibly echoic.
Verb
blurt (third-person singular simple present blurts, present participle blurting, simple past and past participle blurted)
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
Noun
blurt (plural blurts)
An abrupt outburst.
Source: Wiktionary
Blurt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blurting.] Etym: [Cf. Blare.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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