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"(figuratively)",
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"text": "a splutter of rage from the old man",
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"To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something)."
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"_dis1": "1 1 89 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
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"ref": "1831 February 13, “The Dreamer. No. I.”, in The Monthly Repository and Review of Theology and General Literature, volume V (New Series), number LI, London: C[harles] Fox, […], published March 1831, →OCLC, page 180",
"text": "Alas, for the expectations of man! His hopes are like the fruits of that melancholy shore, where death appears to live and life to die. He biteth, and spluttereth forth the unsavoury and abominable deception.",
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"Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly."
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"ref": "1867, Joseph Hatton, “Ringing the New Year in”, in Mrs. Alfred Gatty [i.e., Margaret Gatty], editor, Aunt Judy’s May-Day Volume. For Young People. […], London: Bell & Daldy, […], →OCLC, page 157",
"text": "The log on the fire spluttered and sent a cloud of sparks up the chimney, and shadows of the bell-ringers started up on the walls and disappeared in the intricacies of the roof.",
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{
"ref": "1887 January, “Football in 185–”, in The Downside Review, volume VI, Yeovil, Somerset: […] Western Chronicle Company, published 1889, →OCLC, page 23",
"text": "I grieve for lack of wit and store of words to tell the doings patly, for my pen halteth and spluttereth sadly; but I doubt if even a pen from a quill of the Raven could limn them suitably.",
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{
"ref": "1951, Lloyd L[ouis] Brown, chapter 15, in Richard Yarborough, editor, Iron City […] (The Northeastern Library of Black Literature), Boston, Mass.: Northeastern University Press, published 1994, section 1, page 198",
"text": "The old-fashioned pen spluttered and scratched as he wrote.",
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"Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3)."
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"_dis1": "1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 84 2 1",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "sammahtaa"
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"ref": "1853, John Wynne, “The Advocate of Durango; or, The Avenging Spirit. A Tale of Mexico. A Romantic, Domestic Drama, in Four Acts.”, in Three Original Plays, […], London: Thomas Bosworth […], →OCLC, act II, scene iii, page 204",
"text": "If thou splutterest so, thou wilt drop out thy teeth; that is, if they be thine, which I for one doubt!",
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"To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly."
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"_dis1": "2 0 0 19 2 2 1 1 3 69 0",
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"word": "sönköttää"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "sopertaa"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly",
"word": "stottern"
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"ref": "2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 – 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Manchester City, Liverpool, Bolton and Manchester United come next for Wolves in the Premier League but [Mick] McCarthy's men will fear no one after beating Chelsea for the first time in 18 years, while [Carlo] Ancelotti has much to ponder as his players continue to splutter.",
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"To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level."
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"(intransitive)",
"(figuratively)",
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"_dis1": "2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 87",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "koheltaa"
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"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 – 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Manchester City, Liverpool, Bolton and Manchester United come next for Wolves in the Premier League but [Mick] McCarthy's men will fear no one after beating Chelsea for the first time in 18 years, while [Carlo] Ancelotti has much to ponder as his players continue to splutter.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level."
],
"links": [
[
"perform",
"perform"
],
[
"inconsistent",
"inconsistent"
],
[
"manner",
"manner#Noun"
],
[
"substandard",
"substandard"
],
[
"level",
"level#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsplʌtə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsplʌtɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[-ɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌtə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-splutter.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-splutter.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-splutter.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles — see also sputter",
"word": "pärskyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles — see also sputter",
"word": "räiskyttää"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prskat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking",
"word": "pärskiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking",
"word": "pärskyttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking",
"word": "postillonner"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something)",
"word": "äristä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something)",
"word": "ärjyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly",
"word": "sopertaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly",
"word": "sönköttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly",
"word": "änkyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles",
"word": "pärskyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles",
"word": "pärskiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles",
"word": "pärskyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles",
"word": "roiskua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or other particles",
"word": "pärskiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound",
"word": "sammahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly",
"word": "sönköttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly",
"word": "sopertaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly",
"word": "sössöttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly",
"word": "stottern"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level",
"word": "koheltaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level",
"word": "hosua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level",
"word": "töppäillä"
}
],
"word": "splutter"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English reporting verbs",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ʌtə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ʌtə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "God"
},
"expansion": "God",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "'s",
"3": "’s"
},
"expansion": "’s",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "blood"
},
"expansion": "blood",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A modification of God’s blood.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "splutter",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"splut‧ter"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English minced oaths",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A minced oath expressing anger or wonder, usually attributed to Welsh people: 'sblood."
],
"links": [
[
"minced oath",
"minced oath"
],
[
"minced oath",
"minced oath#English"
],
[
"expressing",
"express#Verb"
],
[
"anger",
"anger#Noun"
],
[
"wonder",
"wonder#Noun"
],
[
"Welsh",
"Welsh#Adjective"
],
[
"people",
"person#Noun"
],
[
"'sblood",
"'sblood"
]
],
"qualifier": "minced oath",
"raw_glosses": [
"(minced oath, obsolete) A minced oath expressing anger or wonder, usually attributed to Welsh people: 'sblood."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsplʌtə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsplʌtɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[-ɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌtə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-splutter.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-splutter.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-splutter.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-splutter.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-splutter.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "splutter"
}
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