Splutter (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
Synonyms:
splutter; sputter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("splutter" is a kind of...):
utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)
Derivation:
splutter (utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
Example:
he heard a spatter of gunfire
Synonyms:
spatter; spattering; splatter; splattering; splutter; sputter; sputtering
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("splutter" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Derivation:
splutter (utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spit up in an explosive manner
Synonyms:
spit out; splutter; sputter
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "splutter" is one way to...):
cough out; cough up; expectorate; spit out; spit up (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
Synonyms:
splutter; sputter
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "splutter" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
Cars splutter in the streets
The streets splutter with cars
Derivation:
splutter (an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage))
splutter (the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively)
Context examples:
When I passed them each a plate of the fried meat, they ate greedily, making loud mouth-noises—champings of worn teeth and sucking intakes of the breath, accompanied by a continuous spluttering and mumbling.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)