sputter
101splutter — /ˈsplʌtə / (say splutuh) verb (i) 1. to talk hastily and confusedly or incoherently, as in excitement or embarrassment. 2. to make a spluttering sound, or emit particles of something explosively, as something frying or a pen scattering ink. 3. to …
102spit — English has two words spit in current usage. Spit ‘eject saliva’ [OE] is one of a sizable group of English words beginning sp which denote ‘ejecting or discharging liquid’. Others include spew [OE], spout [14], spurt [16], and sputter [16]. They… …
103spit out — verb 1. spit up in an explosive manner (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑splutter, ↑sputter • Hypernyms: ↑expectorate, ↑cough up, ↑cough out, ↑spit up …
104sput´ter|er — sput|ter «SPUHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to make spitting or popping noises: »fat sputtering in the frying pan. The firecrackers sputtered. 2. to throw out drops of saliva, bits of food, etc., in excitement or in talking too fast. 3. to speak… …
105sput|ter — «SPUHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to make spitting or popping noises: »fat sputtering in the frying pan. The firecrackers sputtered. 2. to throw out drops of saliva, bits of food, etc., in excitement or in talking too fast. 3. to speak so rapidly …
106Snore — (sn[=o]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snored} (sn[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Snoring}.] [OE. snoren, AS. snora a snoring; akin to LG. snoren, snorken, snurken, to snore, D. snorken, G. schnarchen to snore, schnarren to rattle, MHG. snarren, Sw. snarka to …
107Snored — Snore Snore (sn[=o]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snored} (sn[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Snoring}.] [OE. snoren, AS. snora a snoring; akin to LG. snoren, snorken, snurken, to snore, D. snorken, G. schnarchen to snore, schnarren to rattle, MHG. snarren,… …
108Snoring — Snore Snore (sn[=o]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snored} (sn[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Snoring}.] [OE. snoren, AS. snora a snoring; akin to LG. snoren, snorken, snurken, to snore, D. snorken, G. schnarchen to snore, schnarren to rattle, MHG. snarren,… …
109Spatter — Spat ter, v. i. To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter. [1913 Webster] That mind must needs be irrecoverably depraved, which, . . . tasting but once of one just deed, spatters at it, and abhors the relish ever… …
110Spawl — Spawl, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawling}.] [Cf. AS. sp[=a]tlian.] To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. [1913 Webster] Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people s favorite …
