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Meanings of blurb in English

Spanish
endorsement

A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

endorsement
Usage of blurb in English
1
I leaned forward and passed a hand over the visitors' blurb panel.
Altered carbon
2
As Timothy read the short blurb, he began to feel a chill.
The nightmarys
3
After reading the seasonal range blurb, I had to concede the point.
The Irish Times
4
The blurb links to a site containing altered images of female celebrities.
Wired
5
To me, this was akin to writing a blurb on the Bible.
The Guardian
6
And, yes, you are right -never judge a book by its blurb.
The Irish Times
7
I wasn't expecting a technical definition but the Webster's blurb is entirely inadequate.
Wired
8
But on the blurb of his first work of fiction, it reads well.
The Irish Times
9
Front cover and blurb about Frozen Dog Tales and Other Things
Dollars and Sense
10
The autocab had some visitors blurb about the area, but I skipped it.
Altered carbon
11
Here's some of the blurb: Joachim learned to dribble at four years old.
The Guardian
12
I was as frank as the blurb could possibly have meant.
A journey: my political life
13
A blurb appeared in the paper, and some guy called from the university.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
14
Carmen Bell recorded the video, with the following blurb for background.
The South African
15
It contains enough steel to make 265 double-decker buses, trumpets the promotional blurb.
The Guardian
16
In one corner, there's an intimidating stack of manuscripts from fans and blurb-seekers.
Desert places: a novel of terror
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Translations for blurb
Blurb through the time
Blurb across language varieties
United States of America
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