English

Noun

blurb ‎(plural blurbs)

1. A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

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Verb

blurb ‎(third-person singular simple present blurbs, present participle blurbing, simple past and past participle blurbed)

1. To write or quote something in a blurb
   • 2007 July 4, David M. Halbfinger, “Appearing Way Before the Film: The Review”, in New York Times:

     When Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald blogged about having seen and loved “The Departed” in Toronto in a supposedly private screening last fall, Warner Brothers “scolded me very strongly,” he said, “but they still blurbed a line from my blog in their opening ad.”