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Definitions for Sputter

[1] to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds.
[2] to emit particles, sparks, etc., forcibly or explosively, especially accompanied by sputtering sounds.
[3] to eject particles of saliva, food, etc., from the mouth in a light spray, as when speaking angrily or excitedly.
[4] to utter or spit out words or sounds explosively or incoherently, as when angry or flustered.
[5] to emit (anything) forcibly and in small particles, as if by spitting: The fire sputtered cinders.
[6] to eject (saliva, food, etc.) in small particles explosively and involuntarily, as in excitement.
[7] to utter explosively and incoherently.
[8] the act or sound of sputtering.
[9] explosive, incoherent utterance.
[10] matter ejected in sputtering.
[11] another word for splutter (def. 1), splutter (def. 2), splutter (def. 3)
[12] physics to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which atoms of a solid are removed from its surface by the impact of high-energy ions, as in a discharge tube to coat (a film of a metal) onto (a solid surface) by using this process
[13] the process or noise of sputtering
[14] incoherent stammering speech
[15] something that is ejected while sputtering

Words related to Sputter

falter, stammer, stutter, stumble, spit, splutter

Words nearby Sputter

spurry, spurt, spurtle, sputnik, sputniks, sputter, sputtering, sputum, spuyten duyvil creek, spy, spy on

Origin of Sputter

1590–1600; sput- (variant of spout) + -er6; cognate with Dutch sputteren

Other words from Sputter

sput·ter·er , noun
sput·ter·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Sputter

C16: from Dutch sputteren, of imitative origin

Synonyms for Sputter

falter, stammer, stutter, splutter