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phutter

phutter verb: to make a phut or sputtering noise.

Verb

phutter (third-person singular simple present phutters, present participle phuttering, simple past and past participle phuttered)

  1. (intransitive) To make a phut or sputtering noise.
    • The old minibus phuttered to a halt.

Forms of phutter

third-person singular presentphutters
present participlephuttering
past participlephuttered
pastphuttered

Questions about phutter

What does phutter mean?
Phutter means to make a phut or sputtering noise.
What part of speech is phutter?
Phutter is a verb.
What is the past tense of phutter?
The past tense of phutter is phuttered.

Words near phutter in the dictionary

  1. phut
  2. Phutball
  3. Phuthi
  4. phuts
  5. phutted
  6. phutter
  7. phuttered
  8. phuttering
  9. phutters
  10. phutting
  11. PHV

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