splutter (n.)

1670s, perhaps a variant of sputter, intensified by the consonant cluster of splash, splatter, etc.

splutter (v.)

1728, from splutter (n.). Related: Spluttered; spluttering.

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1590s, "to spit with explosive sounds," cognate with Dutch sputteren, West Frisian sputterje, from Proto-Germanic *sput- (see spout (v.)). Related: Sputtered; sputtering. The noun is attested from 1670s.

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Definitions of splutter

splutter (v.)

utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage;

Synonyms: sputter

splutter (v.)

spit up in an explosive manner;

Synonyms: sputter / spit out

splutter (n.)

the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively;

Synonyms: spatter / spattering / splatter / splattering / sputter / sputtering

splutter (n.)

an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage);

Synonyms: sputter

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