spluttering

verb

present participle of splutter
1
as in gasping

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2
as in spitting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spluttering
  1. gasping
  2. spitting
  3. shouting
  4. foaming
  5. whispering
  6. sputtering
  7. murmuring
  8. drawling
Verb
  • Police say Coffer was pulled to safety by his boat partner, who told police Simpson fled the scene and the boy was gasping for air.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sharing a video of the moment, Kotb is seen turning a corner in her house and gasping in shock as she’s confronted with a rainbow fringe curtain in the entrance to her living room.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of gasping
Verb
  • Adjust the heat to maintain the bubbly cooking action and/or to prevent the sauce from spitting.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The team could use another forward as Luis Suarez is suspended for all six Leagues Cup games as the penalty for spitting on a Seattle Sounders official during last year’s tournament final.
    — Michelle Kaufman August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of spitting
Verb
  • Following his speech, council members struggled to restore order as some of Lang's supporters began shouting, and one was escorted out by police.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Miners, mostly young men and women covered in mud, could be seen pulling out a body from the pit while dozens of other miners and workers were scattered around the expansive site, some shouting for help.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of shouting
Verb
  • Then use either a foaming coil cleaner or a mixture of warm water and dish soap on the coils, making sure to avoid contact with the electrical controls and fan motor.
    — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 9 July 2026
  • Its foaming properties pull dust off your wheels and dissolve it, requiring a simple rinse afterward.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Definition of foaming
Verb
  • There was Katlin’s daughter, who had stolen my microphone and was now whispering something into it.
    — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Shein filed confidentially with the SEC in November 2023, with bankers whispering valuations as high as $90 billion, and profits that the Financial Times reported had doubled past $2 billion.
    — Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of whispering
Verb
  • Some analysts attributed the drop-off to sputtering demand as investors moved past the company's splashy listing and took a closer look at its bottom line.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • With the Red Sox sputtering in last place in the AL East, the organization has bigger problems than Contreras.
    — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of sputtering
Verb
  • Or at least squeezed in a solid couch nap with baseball/golf/soccer/primo history programming murmuring in the background.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 22 June 2026
  • Alejo listens carefully, occasionally offering a tissue or murmuring consolations.
    — Megan Greenwell, Bloomberg, 9 June 2026
Definition of murmuring
Verb
  • His drawling, winking charm is front and center, and his attraction to our heroine feels both genuine and even quite protective, but his violent streak is so blasé as to be unnerving.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 June 2026
  • Daniel Craig stars as Benoit Blanc, a Southern-drawling Hercule Poirot-style private detective who helps a wealthy family uncover the truth behind the death of their beloved patriarch (Christopher Plummer).
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026
Definition of drawling
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“Spluttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spluttering. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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