report vs splutter

report

noun
  • The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion. 

  • An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager. 

  • Reputation. 

  • A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). 

verb
  • To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. 

  • To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). 

  • To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). 

  • To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy). 

  • To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. 

  • To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. 

  • To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). 

  • To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker. 

splutter

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter. 

  • To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter. 

  • 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. 

How often have the words report and splutter occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )