sputter
Nouns
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(n) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- he heard a spatter of gunfire
- (n) an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) splutter,
Verbs
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(v) make an explosive sound
- sputtering engines
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(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) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling clamber, shin, shinny, skin, scramble, struggle,
- (v) utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage splutter,
- (v) spit up in an explosive manner spit out, splutter,