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▪ I. ˈblurting, vbl. n. [f. blurt v. + -ing1.] †a. The contemptuous abrupt emission of breath from the lips (obs.). b. The uttering of words abruptly and heedlessly.
1598Florio, Smorfia, a mowing, a mocking, or pish with ones mouth..a blurting. ▪ II. blurting, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] a. Bursting forth in short sudden puffs. b. Making abrupt unexpected utterances; impulsively communicative.
1850Mrs. Browning Drama of Exile Poems I. 87 Shall the horse's nostrils steam the blurting breath. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola iii. xiv. (1880) II. 156 He would be suddenly blurting and affectionate. 1872― Middlem. v. 187 The blurting, rallying tone with which he spoke. |