The Clue
Speak spasmodically (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SPUTTER
Tags
Notes
The answer SPUTTER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Speak hastily
Sound of a dying engine
Speak explosively in anger
Definition
SPUTTER as a noun:
1. (spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering) = the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
2. (sputter, splutter) = an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
SPUTTER as a verb:
1. make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
2. cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
3. (clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter) = climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
4. (sputter, splutter) = utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
5. (splutter, sputter, spit out) = spit up in an explosive manner