nnoun.eventthe noise of something spattering or sputtering explosivelySynset:spatter spattering splatter splattering sputter sputtering
Examples:- he heard a spatter of gunfire
Derivationally Related Form:splatspluttersputter
Hypernyms:noise
Inherited Hypernyms:spatternoisesoundhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationan utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)Synset:sputter
Derivationally Related Form:spluttersputter
Hypernyms:utterance vocalization
Inherited Hypernyms:sputterutteranceauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.communicationutter with a spitting sound, as if in a rageSynset:sputter
Derivationally Related Form:spluttersputter
Hypernyms:emit let loose let out utter
Inherited Hypernyms:sputterutter
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Cars --- in the streets (apply to: splutter, sputter) | The streets --- with cars (apply to: splutter, sputter)
vverb.bodyspit up in an explosive mannerSynset:spit out sputter
Hypernyms:cough out cough up expectorate spit out spit up
Inherited Hypernyms:splutterexpectorateexhaust
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something