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adjective

Definition of splutterednext
as in muttered

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spluttered

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verb

past tense of splutter
1
as in shouted

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2
as in spat

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  1. spat
  2. whispered
  3. sputtered
  4. spit
  5. mouthed
  6. breathed
  7. uttered
  8. looked
Verb
  • The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.
    Jonathan Zimmerman, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2016
  • The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024
Definition of spat
Verb
  • With details that have been whispered about for months and openly discussed (with no victims named besides Ventura) on social media and in more traditional media by songwriter Tiffany Red last year, the claims in this latest lawsuit could find Combs facing bicoastal courtrooms.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Someone whispered that the Abyssinian Baptist Church, the influential church in Harlem, was having a community-outreach event at the same time.
    Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of whispered
Verb
  • The Biden administration spent much of this year trying to broker a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza but the talks repeatedly sputtered to a halt.
    JOSEF FEDERMAN, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The Biden administration spent much of this year trying to broker a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, but the talks repeatedly sputtered to a halt.
    Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette stafffrom wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of sputtered
Verb
  • This was a bad idea; listening to a couple of AI bots mindlessly spitting out empty observations while mimicking the tempo of human speech is a soul-destroying experience.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • This little dude spits in my face and says, ‘F— you.
    Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of spit
Adjective
  • The stars each mouthed lines their characters said while taking a phone call.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • British scientists have developed a choker that detects its wearer's silently mouthed words, and converts them into audible synthetic speech.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
Definition of mouthed
Verb
  • The reflective post looked back on the nearly two years span during which the band lived and breathed all things Eras.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • If breathed in, TCE can cause headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, followed by clumsiness, drowsiness and difficulty speaking.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of breathed
Verb
  • Unlike the multi-beat belt of that word on the Broadway recording, here, it’s uttered in affecting disbelief.
    Sammi Tapper, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Folk or hip-hop lyrics that get some of their bite from being uttered aloud are analyzed like modernist poems; graffiti sprayed on an office building loses its humor when treated as another oil hanging in a white cube.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of uttered
Verb
  • The team looked to have turned a corner after a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest last week ended a run of six matches without a win, but Guardiola’s side struggled to a 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • If looked at purely as a branding exercise, Chouinard nailed the brief.
    Tripp Westbrook, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of looked
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