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Meaning of 'sputter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sputter [ n.]
- Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
2 . Sputter [ v. i.]
- To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
- To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
- To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
3 . Sputter [ v. t.]
- To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.

Meaning of 'sputter' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sputter [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
Example in sentence:
  • he heard a spatter of gunfire
2 . sputter [ v]
Meaning (2):
- make an explosive sound
Example in sentence:
  • sputtering engines
Meaning (3):
- cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
Example in sentence:
  • The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust

Nearby Words:

spud spue spuilzie spuke spuller spulzie spume spumed spumeous spumescence

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