Splutter

Definition: Splutter

Splutter

Noun

1. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire".

2. An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage).

Verb

1. Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage.

2. Spit up in an explosive manner.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "splutter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Synonyms: Splutter

Ejection

Disgorge; expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber; eructate; drool.

Haste

Noun: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; Adjective: impetuosity; brusquerie; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter.

Physical Energy

Activity, agitation, effervescence; ferment, fermentation; ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle; voluntary energy; quicksilver.

Stammering

Mumble, mutter; maud, mauder; whisper; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay.

Crosswords: Splutter

Albanian

spërkatje (aspersion, damping, douche, splash, spraying, sprinkling), pështypje (spitting), pështyj (expectorate, spit), nxjerr spërka, llomotit (prate, waffle), llomotis (blab, cackle, clack, gab, jabber, prate, waffle), kërcitje (clack, clash, click, clicking, crack, crackle, crackling, crash, creak, crepitation, crunch, Gride, grinding, groan, pop, pound, rap, rattle, scratch, screech, snap, squeak), cirkatje, burbullimë, belbëzoj (falter, flounder, haw, stammer, stutter), belbëzim (flounder, haw, stammering, stutter, titubation). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نحنحة (hem), ‏غمغمة (buzz, muttering), ‏غمغم (buzz, mumble, sputter, throat), ‏إنحنح, ‏شخشخ, ‏بقبقة (bubble, chatter, gurgle, talkativeness), ‏بصق (expectorate, shell out, spit, spitting, sputter). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съскане (fizz, hiss, hissing), смесен шум, цвъртене (chirp, chirr, peep, sizzle, sputter, stridulate, twitter), говоря бързо и неразбрано, неразбрано говорене, запъване (faltering, hesitation), ломотене (gabble, splatter, sputter), пръскам слюнки при говорене, пелтеча (hesitate, stammer, stutter), издърдорвам (rattle off). (various references)

Czech

prskat (hiss, sizzle, spatter, spit, sputter). (various references)

Danish

sproejtning for opnaaelse af ru overflade (rough spraying, splutter spraying). (various references)

Dutch

ruwen door spuiten (rough spraying, splutter spraying). (various references)

Farsi 

ترشح کردن (Discharge, Plash, Secrete, Spatter, Splash, Splatter, Sprinkle), ترشح (Discharge, Spatter, Spray, Sprinkle), صدای چلپ وچلوپ زیاد, اهن وتلپ کردن , اخ تف کردن . (various references)

Finnish

karkearuiskutus (rough spraying, splutter spraying). (various references)

French

se racler, postillonner (sputter), crachoter (sputter), cracher (spit), crépiter (spatter, spit), bredouiller (sputter), bredouillement, balbutiement, bafouiller (sputter), bafouillage. (various references)

German

stottern (kick, sputter, stammer, stutter, stutterer). (various references)

Greek 

σαλιάρισμα (sputter), σαλιαρίζω (drivel, drool, slaver, smooch, sputter), ακατανόητη ομιλία, τραυλίζω από ταραχή, τραυλίζω (falter, gibber, haw, lisp, stammer, stutter), τσιρίζω (fizz, sputter, stridulate), ομιλώ συγκεκχυμενώσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

למלמל (babble, buzz, chatter, mumble, murmur, mutter, sputter, stammer), ל�"תיז מפיו, ל�'מ�'ם (hum and haw, muffle, stammer, stutter), שכשוך (dabbling, paddling, splash, squelch, wading), �"תז�" (cutting off, spatter, splash, sprinkling, sputter), �'מ�'ום (hesitation, sputter, stammer, stammering, stutter). (various references)

Hungarian

köpködés (expectoration, spitting), fröcsögés (sputtering). (various references)

Italian

sputacchiare (spit, sputter), farfugliare (babble, gabble, gibber, mumble, murmur, slur, sputter), biascicare (munch, slobber). (various references)

Manx

sparchal (spark, spurt). (various references)

Pig Latin

uttersplay.(various references)

Portuguese

precipitação na fala, perdigoto, fazer barulho (burr, chatter, clatter, clutter, jangle, noise, racket, rampage, riot, roister, vandalize, wallop), falar precipitadamente (gabble, sputter), falar atabalhoadamente (jabber, sputter), crepitar (crepitate, crisp, decrepitate, fizz, rattle, snap, sputter), arranhar (clapperclaw, claw, dodder, gall, graze, rase, raze, scrabble, scrape, scratch, sputter, strum, thrum, twang). (various references)

Romanian

stropi (asperse, beddable, besmear, besmirch, dabble, damp, dash, drop, irrigate, perfuse, smear, smirch, sparge, spatter, speck, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, sputter, squirt, water), zgomot (ado, bruit, bustle, clamor, clamour, dash, din, fuss, hubbub, murmur, noise, peal, racket, rattling, roll, row, rumpus, shindy, shine, shouting, slam, sound, to-do, tumult, uproar), vorbi în grabã, vorbe rostite în grabã, vacarm (din, hubbub, hurly burly, noise, racket, splatter-dash, turmoil, uproar), disputã (close contest, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, disputation, dispute, duet, issue, strife), discuţie (altercation, argument, argumentation, canvass, confabulation, conversation, counsel, debate, dialogue, discourse, discussion, dispute, quarrel, reasoning, row, talk), bâlbâi (sputter, stammer, stutter), îngãima (babble). (various references)

Russian 

шипеть (effervesce, fizz, hiss, sizzle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nepovezano govoriti, nepovezano govorenje. (various references)

Spanish

balbucear (babble, fumble, lisp, mumble, prattle, stammer, stutter). (various references)

Swedish

sluddra (slur, sputter, talk thick). (various references)

Turkish

saçmak (besprinkle, bestrew, broadcast, disseminate, distribute, eradiate, irradiate, lash out on, radiate, scatter, sow, spill, spit, sprinkle, strew, throw out), saçma sapan konuşma, sıçratmak (dabble, dash, jump, slop, slosh, slosh on, slush, spatter, splash, splatter, squirt), sıçramak (bounce, bound, buck, capriole, cavort, gambol, hop, jerk, jink, jump, leap, leap up, skip, skitter, spatter, splash, splatter, spring, sputter, squirt, start up, take off, vault), konuşurken tükürükler saçma (sputter), çıtırtı (click, crackle, crunch, scrunch, sputter), çabuk ve anlaşılmaz konuşmak (jabber, sputter), öfkeyle saçmalama, akmak (bleed, course, discharge, drain, drain away, drain off, fall into, flow, issue, leak, pour, pour itself, pour out, run, run down, run out, sluice, stream, well forth, well out, well up), boğulmak (be drowned, choke, get drowned, smother, sputter, stifle, suffocate), cızırdamak (scratch, sizzle, spit, sputter), cızırtı (cross talk, sizzle, sputter, strays, surface nose), çıtırdamak (crackle, crunch, scrunch, spit), fışkırtmak (dash, ejaculate, jet, spout, spurt, squirt), tükürükler saçarak konuşmak, konuşurken tükürükler saçmak (sputter), mürekkep akıtmak (sputter), tükürükler saçarak konuşma, cızırtı yapmak (sizzle, stray). (various references)

Ukrainian

шипіти (fizz, hiss, sibilate, sizzle), шипіння (effervescence, effervescency, fizz, hiss, hissing, sizzle), говорити швидко і плутано, варнякання, метушня (ado, alarm, bustle, buzz, clutter, flurry, fuss, helter-skelter, hurly burly, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, romps, rough and tumble, stir, stirabout, to-do, turmoil, whirl), бризкати (jet, spatter, splash, sprinkle). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự thổi phù phù sự nói lắp bắp (sputter), sự thổi phì phì (sputter). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "splutter": spluttered, splutterer, splutterers, spluttering, splutters, spluttery. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Splutter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: slutte, spluttere, suplutter. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: putters, spurtle, sputter, turtles.

-2 letters: erupts, letups, luster, lustre, pulers, pulser, purest, putter, result, rustle, sutler, truest, turtle, ulster, utters.

-3 letters: erupt, letup, lures, lutes, pelts, prest, puler, pules, pulse, purls, purse, putts, rules, setup, slept, slurp, spelt, sprue, spurt, strep, strut, stupe, sturt, super, trets, trues, trust, tules, turps, upset, utter.

-4 letters: erst.

+1 letter: splutters, spluttery.

+2 letters: spluttered, splutterer.

+3 letters: petrolatums, platterfuls, plattersful, splutterers, spluttering.

+4 letters: counterplots, luteotropins, particulates, portentously, superathlete, teleutospore.

+5 letters: expostulatory, luteotrophins, multispectral, pretentiously, recapitulates, repetitiously, spiritualties, superathletes, supermilitant, supersubtlety, teleutospores.