blurb
A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional…A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.
» The book's blurbs overflow with superlatives.
Der Klappentext des Buches wimmelt nur so von Superlativen. — Esperantostern
Издательские аннотации на книгу изобилуют эпитетами в превосходной степени. — shanghainese
Книга сопровождается множеством хвалебных аннотаций от издателей. — shanghainese
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.
Klappentext, Einbandtext, Umschlagtext
аннота́цияannotácija, рекла́маrekláma
- a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
Examples
6 sentencesThe book's blurbs overflow with superlatives.
ruИздательские аннотации на книгу изобилуют эпитетами в превосходной степени. — shanghainese
deDer Klappentext des Buches wimmelt nur so von Superlativen. — Esperantostern
The book's blurb was very short.
The website displayed a small blurb of a blog post.
He wrote a short blurb about the movie he had just watched.
The blurbs on the back of the book suggested it was good, but it was not.
Translations
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Origin
Coined by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 onCoined by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner. The dust jacket said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (fictitious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.
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Forms
plural: blurbsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books):endorsementindorsement