splutter

1. 1.

   utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage

   Synonymssputter

   Broaderutter
2. 2.

   spit up in an explosive manner

   Synonymssputterspit out

   Broaderexpectorate

Other forms of splutter

plural

splutters·

past tense

splutterred·

present participle

splutterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about splutter

What does splutter mean?

splutter means "the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in splutter?

splutter has 2 syllables: splut-ter. The stress falls on "splut".

What is another word for splutter?

Close synonyms include spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is splutter a common word?

splutter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.