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splutter |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Splutter \Splut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spluttered}; p. pr & vb n. {Spluttering}.] [Prov. E. splutter, eqivalent to sputter. Cf {Sputter}.] To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.] --Carleton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Splutter \Splut"ter\, n. A confused noise, as of hasty speaking. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: splutter n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: {spatter}, {spattering}, {splatter}, {splattering}, {sputter}, {sputtering}] 2: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) [syn: {sputter}] v 1: utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage [syn: {sputter}] 2: spit up in an explosive manner [syn: {sputter}, {spit out}]
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