单词 | thutter |
释义 | thutterv. intransitive. To make the sputtering or shaking sound suggested by the word. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [verb (intransitive)] > sputter sputter1692 frizz1834 thutter1904 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 370 The old mill shook and the heavy stones thuttered on the grist. Derivatives ˈthuttering adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective] > sputtering sound sputteringa1657 frizzling1852 thuttering1896 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1896 |
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