spluttern.
/ˈsplʌtə/, U.S. /ˈsplədər/ 1.
a. A noise or fuss.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > uproar or tumult
brack?c1200
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grede13..
to-doc1330
stevenc1385
ruitc1390
shoutingc1405
rumourc1425
dirdumc1440
shout1487
rippit?1507
glamer?a1513
rangat?a1513
reird?a1513
larumc1515
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rack jack1582
rufflery1582
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rut1607
clamorousnessa1617
hurricane1639
clutter1656
flaw1676
splutter1677
rout1684
hirdum-dirdum1724
fracas1727
collieshangie1737
racketing1760
hullabaloo1762
hurly1806
bobbery1816
trevally1819
pandemonium1827
hurly-burly1830
outroar1845
on-ding1871
tow-row1877
ruckus1885
molrowing1892
rookus1892
rux1918
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > (a) noisy
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burlinga1533
hubble-shubblec1550
burle1563
coil1567
hirdy-girdy1568
riff-raff1582
rut1607
hubbuba1625
clutter1656
sputter1673
splutter1677
rattle1688
rumpus1745
ree-raw1797
bobbery1816
trevally1819
stramash1821
nitty1822
hell's delight1823
pandemonium1827
oration1828
Bob's-a-dying1829
hubbaboo1830
reerie1832
circus1869
tow-row1877
ruaille buaille1885
brouhaha1890
foofaraw1933
bangarang1943
bassa-bassa1956
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Zz3v/1 To keep a great splutter,..faire grand bruit.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 8 Sept. (1948) I. 354 What a splutter you keep to convince me that Walls has no taste!
1735 W. Burdon Gentleman's Pocket-farrier 70 What a splutter has Mr. Solleysell made in his Works.
1809 T. Donaldson Poems 33 Your comrades, Davie, when you're dead, May raise an unco' splutter.
1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Splutter, a fuss.
b. Violent and confused declamation, discourse, or talk; an instance of this.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > loud or angry speech
jowling1632
splutter1688
altiloquy1730
chang1788
trumpeting1878
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > loud or vociferous oratory > a tirade, harangue, or rant
haranguea1450
arangc1475
declamation1593
rant1652
declamatory1688
splutter1688
tirade1801
1688 Vox Cleri Pro Rege 6 After all this Splutter at the Churchmen and Clergy of England, he falls next to shoot his angry Bolts at the Collection.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 63 For gudesake whisht!.. It's nonsense a' this splutter.
1868 A. C. Swinburne W. Blake 15 The only original work of its author..consisting mainly of mere wind and splutter.
1881 T. H. Huxley in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1901) II. 33 Dinner..with a confused splutter of German to the neighbours on my right.
c. A controversy or dispute.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > a quarrel
controversy1448
tencion?1473
brulyie1531
pique1532
feudc1565
quarrel1566
jar1583
controverse1596
brack1600
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rixation1623
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outfall1647
outfallingc1650
controversion1658
démêlé1661
embroilment1667
strut1677
risse1684
rubber1688
fray1702
brulyiement1718
fallout1725
tossa1732
embroil1742
ding-dong?1760
pilget1777
fratch1805
spar1836
splutter1838
bust-up1842
whid1847
chip1854
kass-kass1873
wap1887
run-in1894
go-round1898
blue1943
hassle1945
square-up?1949
ruck1958
1838 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 109 He has had a splutter with Leigh Hunt.
2. A loud or violent sputter or splash.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > splutter
splutter1815
glutter1826
spluttering1840
squittering1902
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 13 About a rood of the simple masonry giving way in the splutter with which he passed.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iv. 256 Until, with great foam and froth and splutter, it would force a vent, and carry all before it.
1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere ix. 68 A couple of ducks..made away with a great splutter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
splutterv.
/ˈsplʌtə/, U.S. /ˈsplədər/ 1. transitive. To utter hastily and indistinctly. Also const. out.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > say hastily or confusedly
rabblec1430
volley1591
sputtera1677
slobber1692
splutter1729
sputter1730
spuffle1861
1729 T. Cooke Tales 119 Call them, without Reserve, Dog, Monkey, Owl, And splutter out at once Fish, Flesh, and Fowl.
1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 28 When he has been spluttering excellent broken sense for an hour together.
1850 G. H. Boker Anne Boleyn i. iii. 35 And then shake heaven with angel merriment, To hear you splutter—‘Lord, all this is ours!’
1879 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. II. xx. 62 King James spluttered out his alarm at Jesuit plots in clumsy Latin.
2.
a. To scatter in small splashes.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > splash [verb (transitive)] > bespatter
spirtle?1606
spattle1611
sprent1616
spurtle1633
bespatter1674
splash1699
spatter1718
sparge1786
splutter1835
slob1851
splatter1888
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > particles or sparks
spattera1586
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spurtle1858
1835 Politen. & Gd.-breed. 66 If you are eating soup, take care not to splutter it about.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour viii. xlii. 232 Twirling the pen between his fingers, and spluttering the ink over the paper.
b. To bespatter (a person). Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > splash or splatter
slotterc1340
again-sprengea1382
resperse1482
besparkle1485
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bespurt1579
besquatter1611
besquirt1611
bespurtle1616
bespatter1674
splash1699
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spark1806
spluttera1869
splatter1888
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > splash [verb (transitive)] > bespatter > a person
spluttera1869
a1869 C. Spence From Braes of Carse (1898) 196 Ae jaw~hole [will] splutter fifty folk.
1901 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 8 401/1 His pen was busy spluttering detractors.
3. intransitive. To talk or speak hastily and confusedly.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter
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prattle1532
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blab1535
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tattle1547
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trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
quiddlea1566
brabble1570
clicket1570
twattle1573
gabble1574
prittle1583
to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597
to word it1612
deblaterate1623
tongue1624
twitter1630
snatter1647
oversay1656
whiffle1706
to gallop away1711
splutter1728
gob1770
gibble-gabble1775
palaver1781
to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785
gammon1789
witter1808
yabble1808
yaff1808
mag1810
chelp1820
tongue-pad1825
yatter1825
potter1826
chipper1829
jaw-jaw1831
buzz1832
to shoot off one's mouth1864
yawp1872
blate1878
chin1884
yap1888
spiel1894
to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895
to run off at the mouth1908
chattermag1909
clatfart1913
to talk a streak1915
to run one's mouth1916
natter1942
ear-bash1944
rabbit1950
yack1950
yacker1961
to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965
yacket1969
to twat on1996
1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 64 There came in a Dutchman, spluttering and making a great Noise, that he was sure he could discover one of the Conspirators.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Splutter, to speak fast and inarticulately.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. xx. 164 He could not even swear. He could only splutter.
4.
a. To make a sputtering sound or sounds.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > splutter
splutter1817
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. vii. 163 You may see Jobson on such occasions..puffing, strutting, and spluttering, to get the Justice put in motion.
1860 W. M. Thackeray Roundabout Papers Autour de mon Chapeau, Dawn, it may be, rises unheeded;..while waning candles splutter in the sockets.
1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam 17 A dozen of them spluttering and fighting for the coin in the water at the same time.
b. To go out with a sputter.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > go out or be extinguished > in specific way
to stink outa1637
splutter1906
1906 F. Treves Highways & Byways Dorset xii. 183 The attempt spluttered out like an over-fed candle.
5. Of a pen: To scatter ink in writing.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [verb (intransitive)] > scatter drops of ink
spattera1640
splutter1837
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 341 A hard-nibbed pen which could be warranted not to splutter.
1863 M. E. Braddon John Marchmont's Legacy II. iv. 90 You see if my pen doesn't splutter, the moment I address Richard Paulette.
6. To fly in small splashes or pieces.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (intransitive)] > be emitted > small particles
sparkle1495
splutter1848
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons i. iv, in Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 519/2 The fragments spluttered up round my father's legs.
1862 E. Johnston Gifts & Graces xv. 156 She dropped her fat round cake..right into her cup of tea, the contents of which spluttered all over her bonnet-ribbons.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† splutterint.
Obsolete.
A form of oath, usually attributed to Welshmen. Also Splutterdenails (= blood and nails).
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene
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spi?c1225
how mischance——?c1330
with mischance!c1330
by my hoodc1374
by my sheath1532
by the mouse-foot1550
what the (also a) goodyear1570
bread and salt1575
by Jove1575
in (good) truly1576
by these hilts1598
by the Lord Harry1693
by the pody cody1693
by jingo!1694
splutter1707
by jing!1786
I snore1790
declare1811
by the hokey1825
shiver my timbers1834
by the (great) horn spoon1842
upon my Sam1879
for goodness' sake1885
yerra1892
for the love of Mike1896
by the hokey fiddle1922
knickers1971
1707 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) III. 78 Welsh Taffy he raves and crys Splutterdenails.
1731 H. Fielding Genuine Grub-St. Opera iii. xiii. 59 Mr. Puzzletext, you are not mad I hope. Puz. Splutter, my Lady, but I am.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxv. 230 Splutter and vons! you lousy tog, who do you call my master?
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