different between splutter vs splutteringly

English

Etymology

From a variant of sputter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?spl?t?/

Verb

splutter (third-person singular simple present splutters, present participle spluttering, simple past and past participle spluttered)

1. To sputter.
   • 1867, Aunt Judy's Annual Volume (volumes 2-3, page 169)

     The log on the fire spluttered and sent a cloud of sparks up the chimney, and shadows of the bell-ringers started up on the walls and disappeared in the intricacies of the roof.

   • 1951, Lloyd Louis Brown, Iron City (page 198)

     The old-fashioned pen spluttered and scratched as he wrote.

2. To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while speaking.
3. To speak hurriedly and confusedly.
4. To perform to a substandard level.

Translations

Noun

splutter (plural splutters)

1. A spluttering.

   a sputter of water from a pipe

   a sputter of rage from the old man

English

Etymology

spluttering +? -ly

Adverb

splutteringly (comparative more splutteringly, superlative most splutteringly)

1. With spluttering noises.