nnoun.eventthe noise of something spattering or sputtering explosivelySynset:spatter spattering splatter splattering splutter sputter
Examples:- he heard a spatter of gunfire
Derivationally Related Form:splatspluttersputter
Hypernyms:noise
Inherited Hypernyms:spatternoisesoundhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.perceptionmake an explosive soundDerivationally Related Form:sputteringsputter
Hypernyms:pop
Inherited Hypernyms:sputterpopsoundcause to be perceived
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changecause to undergo a process in which atoms are removedExamples:- The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:sputterchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.motionclimb awkwardly, as if by scramblingSynset:clamber scramble shin shinny skin sputter struggle
Derivationally Related Form:struggleclamber
Hypernyms:climb
Inherited Hypernyms:clamberclimbmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.communicationutter with a spitting sound, as if in a rageSynset:splutter sputter
Derivationally Related Form:spluttersputter
Hypernyms:emit let loose let out utter
Inherited Hypernyms:sputterutter
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Cars --- in the streets (apply to: splutter, sputter) | The streets --- with cars (apply to: splutter, sputter)
vverb.bodyspit up in an explosive mannerSynset:spit out splutter sputter
Hypernyms:cough out cough up expectorate spit out spit up
Inherited Hypernyms:splutterexpectorateexhaust
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something