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splutter - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'splutter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Splutter [ n.]
- A confused noise, as of hasty speaking.
2 . Splutter [ v. i.]
- To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.

Meaning of 'splutter' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . splutter [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
Example in sentence:
  • he heard a spatter of gunfire