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Definitions for: Sputter
[n] an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
[n] the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
[v] cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
[v] spit up in an explosive manner
[v] utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
[v] climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
[v] make an explosive sound
Webster (1913) Definition: Sput"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sputtered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sputtering.] [From the root of spout or spit to
eject from the mputh. Cf. Splutter.]
1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small,
scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
2. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so
rapidly as to emit saliva.
They could neither of them speak their rage, and so
fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting
apples. --Congreve.
3. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a
noise like that made by one sputtering.
Like the green wood . . . sputtering in the flame.
--Dryden.
Sput"ter, 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.
In the midst of caresses, and without the last pretend
incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations.
--Swift.
Sput"ter, n.
Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also,
confused and hasty speech.
Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, spatter, spattering, spit out, splatter, splattering, splutter, splutter, splutter, splutter, sputtering, struggle
See Also: alter, change, climb, cough out, cough up, emit, expectorate, let loose, let out, noise, pop, spit up, utter, utterance, vocalization
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