■ verb
1》 make a series of short explosive spitting or choking sounds.
2》 say in a rapid indistinct way.
■ noun a ~ing sound.
Derivatives
~er noun
~ing adjective &noun
~ingly adverb
Origin
C17: imitative; cf. sputter .
■ verb
1》 make a series of short explosive spitting or choking sounds.
2》 say in a rapid indistinct way.
■ noun a ~ing sound.
Derivatives
~er noun
~ing adjective &noun
~ingly adverb
Origin
C17: imitative; cf. sputter .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004