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▸ noun: (countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
▸ noun: (figuratively)
▸ noun: (countable) A noisy commotion.
▸ noun: (countable) A disagreement or dispute.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.
▸ verb: To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.
▸ verb: (figuratively)
▸ verb: To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).
▸ verb: Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
▸ verb: To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.
▸ verb: Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.
▸ verb: To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.
▸ verb: Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).
▸ verb: To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
▸ verb: To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.
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