splutter
/ˈsplʌtə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsplʌtə/
splutter
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
splut - ter -> splutter
Myanmar meaning
ဆို့နစ်နေဟန်ဖြင့် ပြောဆိုသည် ၊ ဖော်ပြသည်။ တံတွေးထွေးသံထွက်စေသည်။ လျင်မြန်စွာ ၊ ရှေ့နောက်မညီ စကားပြောသည်။ ဆို့နစ်သော စကား ၊ အသံ။
Full entry
၁။ (also sputter ) ~ sth (out)
ထစ်ထစ်ငေါ့ငေါ့ ဒရောသောပါးပြောသည်။
‘But, but… you can't!’ he spluttered. ❍ splutter (out) a few words of apology.
၂။ တခူးခူး၊ တဖုတ်ဖုတ်၊ တဟွတ်ဟွတ်၊ တဖျစ်ဖျစ် စသည် မြည်သည်။ She jumped into the water and came up coughing and spluttering. ❍ The engine spluttered into life (ie started).
n တခူးခူး၊ တဖုတ်ဖုတ်၊ တဟွတ်ဟွတ်၊ တဖျစ်ဖျစ် စသည် မြည်သံ။ The candle gave a few faint splutters and then went out.
More examples
- ‘At last the tractor began to spit and splutter in protest and Papa and I knew that our efforts had nearly paid off.’
- ‘The man choked and spluttered, but didn't answer.’
- ‘As the Boss choked and spluttered for air he fished in his pocket for something.’
- ‘You will find it splutters around, sometimes spitting spots of fuel from the exhaust, not seeming very impressive.’
- ‘It overheated, it clunked, it smoked, stuttered, spluttered and on more than one occasion - blew up.’
- ‘Vic looked at them as a sooty Tom coughed and spluttered.’
- ‘‘It wasn't much, around seven million, ’ she paused as the Inspector choked and spluttered.’
- ‘Her nostrils flare and she splutters, frothing bubbles from her nose, laying a thick trail of wrong wayed fluid in her wind pipe, but holding in the cough; drinking, and putting everything else on hold.’
- ‘She began to cough and splutter sickly, the urge to do so appearing quite abruptly.’
- ‘Julia splutters as she swallows the last sip of her wine.’
- ‘Trying to scramble back onto the bank all grace aside, she kicked and spluttered.’
- ‘I run this by Mrs Webber who splutters for a second.’
- ‘But be warned - take a deep breath before you push that button or, like me, you could find yourself gasping and spluttering amid a thick mist of spray.’
- ‘Matt spluttered, letting a small bit of his beer spill from his mouth, ‘I thought he took out the cameras!’’
- ‘His brother spluttered all the way to the table but to no avail.’
- ‘Kara sipped the one he handed her and spluttered.’
- ‘Norwood coughed and spluttered, trying to speak.’
- ‘I gave a gasping cry and began breathing heavily, then choked and spluttered for his benefit.’
- ‘The heater coughed and spluttered loudly and we both laughed nervously, trying to ease the tension.’
- ‘Will I emerge gasping and spluttering, bleary-eyed; or will I learn to hold my breath, to close my eyes?’
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