a splutter of water from a pipe
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Splutter
/ˈsplʌtə/
Synonyms for "splutter" (189 found)
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Closest matches (38)
assibilateassibilationbarragebeatbeat a rufflebeat a tattoobeatingbickerblubberbluffblusterbluster and bluffblusteringboastfulnessboilbouncebragbravadobullybullying
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Strong matches (57)
Related words (94)
ragerantrat-a-tatrat-tatrat-tat-tatrataplanrattattooraverhonchusrip outrodomontaderoisterrollrollickrub-a-dubruffruffleshakeshushshushing
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sibilancesibilatesibilationsidesifflesigmatismsisssissingsizzsizzlesizzlingslangslatsneezesneezingsniffsnifflesnoresnortsnuffsnufflesobsound a tattoospatespatterspeakspeak incoherentlyspitsplattersputtersquashsquelchsquishstaccatosternutationstertorstormsusurrateswaggerswashbuckleswashbuckleryswishtat-tattattoothrobthrobbingthrumthumpthumpingtom tomtom-tomvaporwavewaverwheezewhishwhisperwhistlewhistlingwhite noisewhizwhooshzip
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More general
22 entriesauditory eventcommunicationcough outcough upemitexpectoratefailurefunctionlet looselet outmalfunctionnoiseoperatesoundspeakspeech event
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More specific
14 entriesCollocations
11 entriesawkward pausebrief spluttercar splutterengine splutterincoherent utterancemuffled soundnoisy speechrapid splutterrapid stammersplutter of rainunsteady voice
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 1 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- pärskiä verb (of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles)
- pärskyttää verb (of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles)
- sopertaa verb (to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly)
- sönköttää verb (to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
[He] broke down a slap, as he called it, in a dry stone fence, and lugged the unresisting animal [a horse] through the breach, about a rood of the simple masonry giving way in the splutter with which he passed.
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As certain liquors, confined in casks too cramped in their dimensions, will ferment, and fret, and chafe in their imprisonment, so the spiritual essence or soul of Mr. Tappertit would sometimes fume within that precious cask, his body, until, with great foam and froth and splutter, it would force a vent, and carry all before it.
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There was a flicker of matches as they were applied to the fuses, and then a splutter of sparks. An instant later it seemed as if the whole heavens had been lighted up.
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