Definitions for sputter

Definitions for (noun) sputter

Main entry: splutter, sputter

Definition: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)


Main entry: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering

Definition: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

Usage: he heard a spatter of gunfire


Definitions for (verb) sputter

Main entry: spit out, splutter, sputter

Definition: spit up in an explosive manner


Main entry: sputter

Definition: cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed

Usage: The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust


Main entry: splutter, sputter

Definition: utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage


Main entry: sputter, skin, scramble, shin, shinny, struggle, clamber

Definition: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling


Main entry: sputter

Definition: make an explosive sound

Usage: sputtering engines


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