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SPLUTTER
sputter, splutter
(noun) an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering
(noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; “he heard a spatter of gunfire”
splutter, sputter, spit out
(verb) spit up in an explosive manner
sputter, splutter
(verb) utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
splutter (third-person singular simple present splutters, present participle spluttering, simple past and past participle spluttered)
To sputter.
To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while speaking.
To speak hurriedly and confusedly.
To perform to a substandard level.
Noun
splutter (plural splutters)
A spluttering.
Source: Wiktionary
Splut"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spluttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Spluttering.] Etym: [Prov. E. splutter, eqivalent to sputter. Cf. Sputter.]
Definition: To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.] Carleton.
Splut"ter, n.
Definition: A confused noise, as of hasty speaking. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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