[
UK
/splˈʌtɐ/
]
NOUN
- an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
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the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
he heard a spatter of gunfire
VERB
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
- spit up in an explosive manner
How To Use splutter In A Sentence
- Liz smiles professionally and holds Larry, who wheezes and splutters, enduring his hardship with a stoicism that looks exhausting.
- Experts probed the origin of the sulphurous smell which appeared at the beginning of February after calls from worried Benfleet and Canvey residents who were left spluttering.
- Finnegan howled and spluttered in inebriate rage, then sank back in his seat and stared up at Arabella with a kind of awestruck respect. Salvage for the Saint
- ‘Oh God,’ I spluttered, as I leapt to my feet and rushed to the bathroom.
- It overheated, it clunked, it smoked, stuttered, spluttered and on more than one occasion - blew up.
- Draught horses are led around the smaller ring, and nearby dozens of stationary engines chuff, splutter and bounce on individual pitches. Country diary: Stithians, Cornwall
- Having spluttered vigorously into double-handfuls of water from the little stream and put the towel back on its bush, he turned his attention to his twelve-dollar boots -- for in the country of boots and saddles the leatherwork is the soul of appearances. The Wrong Woman
- Now, the coals of the campfire had burned low and, in the big skillet, rabbit legs and thick bacon rashers spluttered.
- I was sort of wonderin 'how long he could keep this up, and what would be the finish, when from behind me I hears this spluttery line of exclamations indicatin' rage. The House of Torchy
- The resident cats of the time didn't much like the hissing and spluttering and clattering the device made as it brewed a new jugful, but they came round in the end.