Hypertext Webster Gateway: "splutter"
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) 1.7 (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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