- spluttering, sputtering - emitting or making sporadic spitting or popping sounds; "the sputtering engine"; "spluttering electric arcs"
Antonym: quiet (indirect, via noisy)
- sputter, splutter - utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
--1 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun splutter2, noun splutter1
Cars splutter in the streets
The streets splutter with cars
- splutter, sputter, spit out - spit up in an explosive manner
--2 is one way to expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something