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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
splutter .
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Examples
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"Belle and Sebastian," I reply, and he splutters, pulls his hooded top up over his head and blushes crimson.
Love, Belle and Sebastian-style Laura Barton 2010
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The chorus of prisoners were on form, the orchestra had got over what we can politely call nervous splutters and even the soloists had begun to relate to each other as human beings rather than tailors 'dummies.
Niobe, Regina di Tebe; Faust; The Makropulos Case; Fidelio Fiona Maddocks 2010
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Don't worry, you're not alone. "£100,000 … for a statue!" splutters Julia Bradbury.
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Subdued splits and splutters whispered from out the obscureness, and a gentle grinding could be heard.
CHAPTER 24 2010
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"You're not homeless any more," splutters one of them.
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Broncos 0 Chargers 10, 2:20 2nd quarter The completion to Decker, by the way was good for a first down, but after that Denver go back to the running game and the drive promptly splutters out at their own 30.
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"Of course I don't have empathy with anyone who breaks the law!" splutters Clegg.
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The man splutters that a lot of it focuses "on how to best implement managerial strategies in --."
Daniel Clowes's new graphic novel "Wilson," reviewed by Michael Dirda 2010
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A swimmer splutters to shore; a god scatters seeds of death around a group of dancers; a devil smiles, but is still a devil.
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"Ideological Conflict Event?" splutters Rich M Nind, apropos my pre-match nod to the reasons for Germany's absence at Brazil '50.
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