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Definition: Spluttering |
SplutteringAdjective1. Emitting or making sporadic spitting or popping sounds; "the sputtering engine"; "spluttering electric arcs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spluttering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references) |
Synonym: SplutteringSynonym: sputtering (adj). (additional references) |
| "Spluttering" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 85.96% of the time. "Spluttering" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 85.96% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10.53% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.51% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 57 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "spluttering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | stotternd (stammering, stuttering). (various references) | |
Manx | spooyterey (splutterer, squirter). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utteringsplay.(various references) | |
Russian | шипеть шипение шепелявящий. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Spluttering" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: splittering. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-l-n-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: lutestring, sputtering. | |
-2 letters: lustering, puttering, repulsing, resulting, turnstile, turtlings, upsetting. | |
-3 letters: erupting, gitterns, glitters, gruntles, gulpiest, guttlers, insulter, lustring, lutenist, perusing, pestling, pettings, pettling, plungers, purlines, puttiers, reputing, ringlets, runtiest, rustling, settling, slurping, sluttier, splinter, splitter, splutter, spurting, sterling, supering, tinglers, triplets, trusting, turgites, turnspit, turtling, unripest, uttering. | |
-4 letters: eluting, engluts, entrust, gittern, glisten. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-l-n-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+5 letters: hyperstimulating, neuropathologist, superintelligent, superstimulating. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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