I. ˈblərb, ˈblə̄b, ˈbləib noun
( -s )
Etymology: coined 1907 by Gelett Burgess died 1951 American humorist & illustrator
: a short highly commendatory and often extravagant publicity notice ; especially : such a notice printed on the dust jacket of a book
this book fails to give what the blurb describes — O.G.S.Crawford
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
1. : to publicize in or by means of a blurb
whom they now blurb as “the Canadian Mark Twain” — Time
2. : to advertise in the extravagant manner often characteristic of a blurb
was blurbed as a great novel