Spluttering
[sp'lʌtərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splutter
Checker: Sandra
Examples
- No one answered; but, from within the chambers, there proceeded a continuous spluttering sound of a highly singular and unintelligible nature. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Is it a kind of a spluttering somewhere? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- One evening there came a sudden flash of fire and a spluttering, sizzling noise. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You're not in a fit state to come here, if you can't come here without spluttering like a bad pen. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Checked by Aida