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BLURB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blurb mean?
• BLURB (noun)
The noun BLURB has 1 sense:
1. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
Familiarity information: BLURB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
blurb; endorsement; indorsement
Context example:
the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book
Hypernyms ("blurb" is a kind of...):
packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)
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