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Grammar : Verb
Spell : spluht-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsplʌt ər



Definition of splutter

Origin :
  • 1670s, perhaps a variant of sputter, intensified by the consonant cluster of splash, splatter, etc.
  • verb crackle
Example sentences :
  • There was no sound in the room but the scratch and splutter of his quill.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Jukes understood the boatswain to splutter that the bridge ladders were gone.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
  • There was a little pause, and then came the splutter of a match.
  • Extract from : « Cruel Barbara Allen » by David Christie Murray
  • All had their mouths full when suddenly Codfish began to splutter.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on a Hunt » by Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
  • I watched him gesticulate and get red in the face and foam and splutter.
  • Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
  • The splash was followed by a splutter, and then a frantic cry for help.
  • Extract from : « The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview » by Ralph Bonehill
  • The arc lamps come on with a splutter, and they, too, at first are amethyst.
  • Extract from : « Penguin Persons & Peppermints » by Walter Prichard Eaton
  • I have just come out of a deep, deep ditch, and I want to hear the splutter.
  • Extract from : « A Little Union Scout » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • There was a splutter that showed red in the hollow of my brother's hand.
  • Extract from : « Chimney-Pot Papers » by Charles S. Brooks
  • It was the swish and splutter of hoofs on the road before the door.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories » by Bret Harte

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