| Main Entry: | sputter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stumble |
Synonyms: |
falter, splutter, stammer, stutter |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
Synonyms: |
be indignant, blow up, bristle, burn, flare, foam at the mouth, fulminate, fume, rage, rave, sputter, storm |
Antonyms: |
be happy |
| Main Entry: | fizz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bubble |
Synonyms: |
buzz, effervesce, fizzle, froth, hiss, seethe, sibilate, simmer, sparkle, sputter, whisper, whoosh |
Antonyms: |
be flat |
| Main Entry: | flow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | issue, surge, run out |
Synonyms: |
abound, arise, brim, cascade, circulate, continue, course, deluge, discharge, disembogue, dribble, ebb, emanate, emerge, emit, exudate, exude, flood, glide, gurgle, gush, inundate, jet, leak, move, ooze, overflow, pass, percolate, pour, proceed, progress, pullulate, regurgitate, result, ripple, roll, rush, slide, sluice, smooth along, spew, spill, splash, spring, spurt, sputter, squirt, stream, sweep, swell, swirl, teem, trickle, tumble, void, well forth |
Antonyms: |
trickle |
| Main Entry: | mutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble, mumble |
Synonyms: |
complain, croak, groan, grouch, grouse, growl, grunt, moan, muddle, murmur, rumble, snarl, sputter, swallow, whisper |
Antonyms: |
speak clearly |
| Main Entry: | sizzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hiss, fry |
Synonyms: |
broil, brown, buzz, cook, crackle, fizz, fizzle, frizzle, grill, roast, sear, sibilate, spit, sputter, swish, wheeze, whisper, whiz |
| Main Entry: | spatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | splash, sprinkle |
Synonyms: |
bespatter, bestrew, broadcast, dash, daub, dirty, discharge, disperse, dot, douse, dribble, mottle, polka-dot, scatter, shower, slop, smudge, soil, spangle, speck, speckle, splutter, spot, spray, sputter, stipple, strew, swash, wet |
| Main Entry: | spit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject saliva or substance |
Synonyms: |
discharge, drool, expectorate, hawk, hiss, sibilate, sizz, slobber, spatter, spew, splutter, spritz, sputter, throw out |
| Notes: | to spit (imitative of its sound) means to expel saliva; expectorate means to dredge up and expel phlegm |
Antonyms: |
swallow |
| Main Entry: | stammer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stutter in speech |
Synonyms: |
falter, halt, hammer, hem and haw, hesitate, jabber, lurch, pause, repeat, splutter, sputter, stop, stumble, wobble |
Antonyms: |
enunciate, pronounce |