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Meanings of splutter in English

Catalan
polvorització catòdica
Spanish
salpicadura

The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively.

      polvorització catòdica
      Portuguese
      cuspir
      Catalan
      escopir
      Spanish
      escupir

      Spit up in an explosive manner.

            cuspir
            Usage of splutter in English
            1
            Several minutes elapsed, and the candle began to splutter in its socket.
            Esther Waters
            2
            But the women riders have La Course, I hear you splutter indignantly.
            The Guardian
            3
            The candle decided to splutter once more, and give up the struggle.
            A Son of the Hills
            4
            Jukes understood the boatswain to splutter that the bridge ladders were gone.
            Typhoon
            5
            Alas, this would be a rare tournament at which Germany would splutter.
            The Guardian
            6
            Deniel tries to splutter something against the guard's hand, but Kincaid continues.
            Altered
            7
            There was a scratch and a splutter, and the match flared bravely.
            The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise
            8
            And then, with a last flare and splutter it went out altogether.
            Tales of Terror and Mystery
            9
            When Arjen Gates began to splutter and yell, Josef muted the volume.
            Sisterhood of Dune
            10
            The engine will eventually cough and splutter back into life, he said.
            Reuters
            11
            Morgan's laugh and his drink encountering sent him into a choking splutter.
            Whirligigs
            12
            As the journalist asked her question, Mr Vucic continued to splutter.
            News.com.au
            13
            See how the sausages burst and splutter in their different pans.
            London's Underworld
            14
            So she does the only thing she knows how to do: splutter uncontrollably.
            News.com.au
            15
            A fit of coughing checked his sentence in a faint splutter.
            An Outcast of the Islands
            16
            A hissing splutter of his ovens made the cook dive into his tent.
            Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
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            Translations for splutter
            Portuguese
            cuspir
            Splutter through the time
            Splutter across language varieties
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