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(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

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sputter

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Source Word

sputter

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈspʌtɚ/

Verb

intransitive transitive

(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

Japanese Meaning

口から唾液を小刻みに、ばらばらと吐き出すこと / （急いで話す際などに）発せられる言葉とともに、唾液が飛び散る様子

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

記者が行方不明の資金について尋ねると、その政治家は言い訳をしようとして唾を小刻みに飛ばしながら口ごもり、説明に詰まった。

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(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

The child … kicked, and crowed, and sputtered, when his mother took him, and put up his little fingers to clutch her hair, and was to her as a young god upon the earth. Nothing in the world had ever been created so beautiful, so joyous, so satisfactory, so divine!

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