Căutare în Webster - Dicționarul explicativ al limbii engleze

Pentru căutare rapidă introduceți minim 3 litere.

 

SPUTTER - Definiția din dicționar

Traducere: română


Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.

Sput"ter (spŭt"t&etilde_;r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sputtered (-t&etilde_;rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sputtering.] [From the root of spout or spit to eject from the mouth. Cf. Splutter.] 1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
[1913 Webster]

2. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
[1913 Webster]

They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. Congreve.
[1913 Webster]

3. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
[1913 Webster]

Like the green wood . . . sputtering in the flame. Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

 

Sput"ter, v. t. To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.
[1913 Webster]

In the midst of caresses, and without the least pretended incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations. Swift.
[1913 Webster]

 

Sput"ter, n. Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
[1913 Webster]