blurb

The definition of a blurb is a short advertisement, announcement or description.

(noun)

An example of a blurb is a short, informal piece of writing indicating what the final paper will cover.

Blurb means to state in a short advertisement, announcement or description.

(verb)

An example of blurb is to quickly and informally relay the events of the day.

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See blurb in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an advertisement or announcement, as on a book jacket, esp. one that is highly laudatory

Origin: coined (c. 1907) by (Frank) Gelett Burgess, for “self-praise, to make a noise like a publisher”

intransitive verb

Informal to state in a blurb

See blurb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket.

Origin:

Origin: Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist

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Related Forms:

  • blurb verb

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