spluttery
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of spluttery
Example Sentences
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Which is all well and good, except for the fact that Face the Clock is basically Pass the Parcel, so it may as well be presented by a clown in a spluttery car.
From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2013
Clowns, with buckets of confetti, driving around in little spluttery cars.
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012
Citizens were getting fed up with the bumbling, fix-nothing administration of spluttery Mayor Gus Mauermann.
From Time Magazine Archive
The engine was making some spluttery noises, but it was still going.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
"I—er—I assure you, Mr. Ellins," he begins spluttery, "that I—ah—I——" "Bah!" snorts Old Hickory impatient.
From Torchy As A Pa by Ford, Sewell
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