resection. 1  Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location. 2  Surgery. the excision of all or part of an organ or tissue.
splutters; spluttered; spluttering. Learner's definition of SPLUTTER. 1. [no object] : to make a series of short, loud noises like the noises of someone who is struggling to breathe. She coughed and spluttered as she climbed out of the icy water. The old lawn mower spluttered [=sputtered] to life.
To splurge is to indulge yourself. You can also go on a splurge if you spend a lot or act extravagantly in another way. Anyone might have a cupcake. If you have 10 cupcakes, that's a splurge. When you go on a splurge or are splurging, it usually applies to money.