thutterv.
/ˈθʌtə/ intransitive. To make the sputtering or shaking sound suggested by the word.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [verb (intransitive)] > sputter
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1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 370 The old mill shook and the heavy stones thuttered on the grist.
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ˈthuttering adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective] > sputtering sound
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1896 R. Kipling Captains Courageous i, in McClure's Mag. Nov. 20/2 Blowing through a big conch shell, he must needs stand up..and send a grinding, thuttering shriek through the fog.
1905 J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide vii. 139 There boomed out of the dark a thuttering, shaking roar, that swelled to a shriek and died away—the voice of the great steam foghorn.
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