spluttered
past simple and past participle ofsplutter
splutter
verb
uk/ˈsplʌt.ər/us/ˈsplʌt̬.ɚ/[IorT]
tospeakin aquickandconfusedway,producingshort,unclearnoisesbecause ofsurprise,anger, etc.:
[+ speech]"But, er ... when, um, ... how?" he spluttered.
Theoldgentlemanwas splutteringwithindignation.
Hesputteredanapologyabout being 14minuteslate.
[I]
(of aperson) toproduceshort,unclearnoisesfromyourmouth,especiallybecause you cannotbreatheproperly:
Gasping,choking, spluttering, shestruggledtoescape.
She took toobigagulpofwhiskyandstartedtocoughand splutter.
[I]
(of anengineormachine) to make aseriesofshort,unclearnoises:
One of theenginesspluttered as if it wasshortoffuel.
I canhearacoffeemachinespluttering away.
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trash
- trill
- word salad
- yak
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
Sounds made by humans with their mouths
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
Examplesofspluttered
spluttered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Substratum heaved andsplutteredwith the primal energy of a pool of lava and as little a sense of direction.
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He was embarrassed,splutteredapologies and started to back away from me.
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Even so, the writing was on the wall as the economy lost impetus and the boomsplutteredto stagnation.
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Isplutteredsomething about being a professional person, to which he asked what a professional housewife like me was doing being a mayor.
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By implication—indeed, hesplutteredit out explicitly—his forecast is that they will be much larger communities than they are today.
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The bright flame hassplutteredand fizzled out.
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Itsplutteredand went out.
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Thus, for a while, the issue burned brightly and then itsplutteredand died, and the civil servants put away their files with a sigh of relief.
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On the third approach, the starboard enginesplutteredand stopped, followed shortly after by the port engine.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wesplutteredour way through it bravely but gleefully.
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