To drain or seep through a porous substance.
To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
To make (coffee) in a percolator.
To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
A liquid that has been percolated.
To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.
To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.
To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.
To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).
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).
Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.
To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.
To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.
Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
A forceful choking or spitting sound.
A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.
A disagreement or dispute.
Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
A noisy commotion.