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Splutter
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- 1 A minced oath expressing anger or wonder, usually attributed to Welsh people: 'sblood. obsolete
"I vvill ſhevv him that I vvas not bred at Oxford for nothing.—Splutter! I vvill ſhevv him my head is good for ſomething elſe beſides preaching."
- 1 A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering. countable
"a splutter of water from a pipe"
- 2 an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) wordnet
- 3 A forceful choking or spitting sound. countable
- 4 the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively wordnet
- 5 A noisy commotion. countable, figuratively
"But party carries every thing nowadays, and what a splutter have I heard about the wit of that saying, repeated with admiration about a hundred times in half an hour."
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- 6 A disagreement or dispute. countable, figuratively
- 7 Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this. figuratively, uncountable
"a splutter of rage from the old man"
- 1 To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter. transitive
- 2 spit up in an explosive manner wordnet
- 3 To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter. transitive
- 4 utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage wordnet
- 5 To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something). figuratively, transitive
"There has been much spluttering about the prince’s use of ‘Americanisms’ in a letter to Emmanuel Macron, but the truth is more complicated[.]"
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- 6 Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly. figuratively, transitive
"Alas, for the expectations of man! His hopes are like the fruits of that melancholy shore, where death appears to live and life to die. He biteth, and spluttereth forth the unsavoury and abominable deception."
- 7 Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles. intransitive
"[H]e at once stepped into the stationer's shop, and requested to be served with a sheet of the best gilt-edged letter-paper, and a hard-nibbed pen which could be warranted not to splutter."
- 8 Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.; To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking. intransitive
- 9 Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles. intransitive
"Suddenly a beautiful delf blue-and-white flower-pot, which had been set on the window-sill of an upper storey, fell to the ground with a crash, and the fragments spluttered up around my father's legs."
- 10 To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles. intransitive
"So you may see Jobson on such occasions, […] puffing, strutting, and spluttering, to get the justice put in motion, […]"
- 11 Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3). intransitive
- 12 To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly. figuratively, intransitive
"If thou splutterest so, thou wilt drop out thy teeth; that is, if they be thine, which I for one doubt!"
- 13 To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level. figuratively, intransitive
"Manchester City, Liverpool, Bolton and Manchester United come next for Wolves in the Premier League but [Mick] McCarthy's men will fear no one after beating Chelsea for the first time in 18 years, while [Carlo] Ancelotti has much to ponder as his players continue to splutter."
Etymology
The noun is imitative. The verb is derived from the noun.
The noun is imitative. The verb is derived from the noun.
A modification of God’s blood.
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