Definitions
spit up in an explosive manner
Word origin
The noun is imitative. The verb is derived from the noun.
Used in a sentence
“a splutter of water from a pipe”
“[He] broke down a slap, as he called it, in a dry stone fence, and lugged the unresisting animal [a horse] through the breach, about a rood of the simple masonry giving way in the splutter with which he passed.”
“There was a flicker of matches as they were applied to the fuses, and then a splutter of sparks. An instant later it seemed as if the whole heavens had been lighted up.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Spit out words explosively”8 letters
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